# ISANTI/SPEED-O-LAQ - DISSOLUTION
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25237`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0059
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $85K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SPEED-O-LAQ CHEMICAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ISANTI SOLVENT (ST. CT. CASE) IN RE:  VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION  OF SPEED-O-LAQ CHEMICALS, INC.                                 NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             CLEAN UP OF THE 4 CLOSELY RELATED SITES IN ISANTI CTY   WAS COMPLETED ON 5/26/83, IN ACCORDENCE W/A 2 PHASE,         EMERGENCY REMOVAL PLAN.  1,100 BARRELS CONTAINING SOLVENTS,  SLUDGES, SOLIDS AND OTHER HAZ WASTES WERE REMOVED FROM THE   SITES.  OVER 800 HAD BEEN BURIED IN A LARGE PIT.  THE        PROJECT TOOK PLACE THE FULL 6 MONTHS ALLOWED UNDER SEC 104   OF CERCLA.  EXPENDITURES TO DATE ARE IN EXCESS OF $700K.          THE U.S. EPA SEEKS COST RECOVERY AND OTHER APPROPRIATE  RELIEF FROM A NUMBER OF RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, INCLUDING       LANDOWNERS, OWNERS OF THE WASTE, TRANSPORTERS, AND           GENERATORS, PURSUANT TO SEC 107 OF CERCLA, SEC 7003 OF RCRA, AND THE COMMON LAW.  WE ALSO SEEK APPROPRIATE RELIEF AGAINST LANDOWNERS & OWNERS OF WASTES UNDER SEC 3008 OF RCRA FOR     IMPROPER STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF HAZ WASTES W/O A PERMIT.         BEFORE THE CLEAN UP, AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL        ENDANGERMENT TO HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT EXISTED AT THE    SITES.  THE WASTES STORED AT ALL SITES PRESENTED THE DANGER  OF EXPLOSION.  FOUR FAMILY WELLS NEAR THE SITE WERE          DISCOVERED TO BE CONTAMINATED W/1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE,       BENZENE, TOLUNE AND OTHER HAZ CHEMICALS.  ADDITIONAL WELLS   WERE THREATENED W/CONTAMINATION.  TWO OF THE SITES WERE PLAY AREAS FOR CHILDREN.  A DANGER FROM D

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