# T. P. LONG CHEMICAL - BANKRUPTCY
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25197`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $14K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LONG, T. P., CHEMICAL CO (complaint) (settlement)
- LONG, T. PAUL (complaint) (settlement)
- LONG, T. PAUL, MRS. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES THE FILING OF A PROOF OF CLAIM AGST  T. P. LONG CHEMICAL CO TO PROTECT EPA'S CLAIM AGST DEF IN    RE OF THE CRCLA COUNT FILED AGST DEF.  THE CRCLA CASE ASSOC  WITH THIS CASE IS CASE NO 05-83-E009.                             TOTAL CLAIMS SOUGHT:  $37,859.35                             TOTAL RECOVERED    :$37,859.35                               TOTAL SPENT        :  $33,114.98                          ON 12/14/82, EPA COMPLETED AN IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION AT  THE LONG SITE.  EPA CLEANUP ACTIVITIES INCLUDED BULKING      DRUMS OF HAZARDOUS MATERILS, TAKING COMPOSITE SAMPLES,       DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, REMOVING AND DISPOSING OF CONTAMINATED SOIL, AND DRAINING AND DISPOSAL OF A TANK OF    SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE.  THE COST OF THE CLEANUP TO DATE IS IN  EXCESS OF $37,000.                                             EPA'S IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION WAS INITIATED AFTER A SPILL FROM A TANK OF SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE ON SITE CREATED ACID      VAPORS REQUIRING THE EVACUATION OF NEARBY RESIDENTS.  AFTER  THE CITY OF AKRON FIRE DEPT NEUTRALIZED THE SPILL, EPA'S     ON SCENE COORDINATOR DETERMINED THAT HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES    HAD BEEN RELEASED INTO THE ENVRONMENT AT THE LONG SITE AND   THAT A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF FURTHER RELEASE EXISTED.  HIS   DETERMINATION WAS BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF 90 BADLY LEAKING  DRUMS ON-SITE AND THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF THE TANK OF      SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE.  LEAKS FROM THE DRUMS WERE THREATENING  CONTAMINATION OF A TRIBUTARY TO THE LITTL

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