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OUTBOARD MARINE CORP.

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 27013

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Case

Case Number
05-1988-0317
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-979B
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

TY, AND CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE SOIL ON THE WAUKEGAN FACI- LITY. THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION ASSERTING CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANT, OUTBOARD MARINE CORP. ( OMC ), PURSUANT TO SECT 104 AND 107 OF CERCLA, AND LIABILITY ACT OR 1980, AS AMENDED BY THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986 ( CER- CLA ), 42 USC SS9604 AND 9607. IN THIS ACTION, THE U.S. SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT OF RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED AND TO BE IN- CURRED BY THE U.S. IN RESPONSE TO THE RELEASE OR THREAT OF RELEASE OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ( PCB ) AT AND FROM A FACILITY OWNED AND OPERATED BY OMC AND LOCATED AT 100 SEA- HORSE DR. IN WAUKEGAN, IL (THE WAUKEGAN FACILITY ). IN AD- DITION, THE U.S. SEEKS DAMAGES FOR INJURIES TO NATUREL RE- SOURCES CAUSED BY RELEASES FROM THE WAUKEGAN FACILITY. OMC IS A CORP. ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF DELAWARE. OMCE OWNS AND OPERATES THE JOHNSON OUTBOARDS DIV. WHICH MANUFACTURES OUTBOARD MOTORS AND THEIR COMPONENT PARTS AT THE WAUKEGAN FACILITY. OMC DISCHARGED AND DISCHARGES PROCESS WATER, NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER, AND STROM WATER FROM ITS WAUKEGAN FACILITY INTO THE NORTH DITCH, A TRIBUTARY OF LAKE MICHIGAN, INTO WAU KEGAN HARBOR, AND INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. FROM APPROXIMATELY 1959 UNTIL 1972, OMC USED HYDRAULIC FLUIDS CONTAINING VARYING PERCENTAGES OF PCBS IN A NON-ENCLO SED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AT THE WAUKEGAN

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