# THOMAS SOLVENT CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25200`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $11.63M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DEFENDANTS W/SETTLEMENT 1-SETTLEMENT 2 (complaint) (settlement)
- GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- THOMAS DEVELOPMENT, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- THOMAS SOLVENT (complaint) (settlement)
- THOMAS SOLVENT CO, OF DETROIT, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- THOMAS SOLVENT CO, OF FORT WAYNE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- THOMAS SOLVENT CO, OF MUSKEGON, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- THOMAS, RICHARD E. (complaint) (settlement)
- TSC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE VERONA WELL FIELD IS THE SOLE SOURCE WATER FOR 35,000  RESIDENTS OF BATTLE CREEK, AS WELL AS FOR SEVERAL MAJOR FOOD PRODUCING INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA.  16 OF THE 31 WELLS IN THE FIELD ARE NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION BECAUSE OF GROUNDWATER     CONTAMINATION.  OTHER MUNICIPAL WELLS COULD BE AFFECTED IF T THE CONTAMINANTS SPREAD HORIZONTALLY.  IN SEPT 1981, HYDRO-  CARBONS WERE DETECTED IN THE TAP WATER IN THE HOMES OF       BATTLE CREEK RESIDENTS.  SAMPLING IN THE WELL FIELD INDICAT- ED CONTAMINATION IN A THIRD OF THE WELLS.  SAMPLING NEAR THE FIELD ALSO INDICATED HIGH LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION IN PRIVATE WELLS.  A HYDROGEOLOGIC STUDY WAS COMPLETED BY E&E IN APRIL  OF 1982 TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION.  USGS CON-  TRACTED WITH THE CITY TO COMPLETE A COMPUTER-GENERATED       GROUNDWATER MODEL OF THE AREA AND INSTALLED 17 MONITORING    WELLS FOR THIS.                                                NATURE OF 9/27/85 REFERRAL                                      THIS IS A FACTUALY COMPLEX SITUATION INVOLVING A PARENT COMPANY AND THREE  SPINOFF  CORPORATIONS.  THE PARENT COM-   PANY IS THOMAS SOLVENT COMPAN, INCORPORATED (TSC).  TSC IS   THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A SITE LOCATED IN BATTLE CREEK,    MICHIGAN, FROM WHICH RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE TO THE  ENVIRONMENT HAVE OCCURRED.  THESE RELEASES REPRESENT THE     PRIMARY SOURCE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES THAT HAVE CONTAMI-    NATED THE VERONA WELL FIELD, A SITE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL   PRIORITIES LIST.  THE GOVERNMENT HAS E

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