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TRY-CHEM CORP.

Administrative - Formal · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 27131

Penalty
$288K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1989-0071
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

IN MAY OF 1988 AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THE TRY-CHEM CORP. SITE. APPROXIMATELY 150 DRUMS AND 30-40 VATS OF CYANIDES AND ACIDS WERE REMOVED. TRY-CHEM CORP. FILED FOR CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY IN 1985. THE OPERATOR FILED FOR PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THE REMOVAL ACTION COST APPROXIMATELY $315,000. THE PROPERTY HAS APPRO- XIMATELY $300,000 IN BANK TAXES OWED ON IT. WE BELIEVE THE PROPERTY TO BE WORTH LESS THAN $100,000.

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EPA ECHO
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