# BASF CORP. - RASMUSSEN DUMP SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27284`
- **Case Number:** 05-1989-0233
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $1.02M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BASF CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHRYSLER CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- DETREX CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- FORD MOTOR CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- GM CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- HOECHST CELANESE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- KELSEY-HAYES CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- NAT'L STEEL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- TRW, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE RASMUSSEN DUMP SITE IS SCHEDULED FOR A RECORD OF DECI-   SION IN SEPT, 1989.  THE REPORT IS INTENDED TO FACILITATE    REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION NEGOTIATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE GENERAL NOTICE LETTER ON   9/27/88.  THE RASMUSSEN DUMP SITE IS LOCATED ON SPICER ROAD IN GREEN   OAK TOWNSHIP, LIVINGSTON CTY, MICHIGAN.  THE OWNERS OF RE-   CORD OF THE 33-ACRE SITE ARE CLARA C. RASMUSSEN AND GLORIA   F. RASMUSSEN.  THE FACILITY RECEIVED DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID AND LIQUID WASTES DURING THE 1960'S AND EARLY 1970'S.  IN A SITE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED ON 12/19/83, IT WAS ESTI-  MATED THAT THERE WERE APPROX. 3,000 RUSTED, BURNED, CRUSHED, AND LEAKING DRUMS ON THE SITE, HAPHAZARDLY GROUPED INTO 2    LARGE JUMBLED PILES.                                         -                                                            BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT POSED BY THE HAZARDOUS   SUBSTANCES DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE, THE RASMUSSEN DUMP SITE  PLACED ON THE NPL BY PUBLICATION IN THE FED. REG. ON 8/8/83. IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION WAS CONDUCTED AT THE SITE IN LATE   1984 AND EARLY 1985.  FOLLOWING THIS, USEPA AND THE STATE    OF MICHIGAN ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, AND IN     JUNE OF 1984, THE MDNR COMMENCED A RI/FS AT THE SITE.        THE RI WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC IN 10/88, AND THE FINAL    DRAFT FS IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN 8/89 FOR  PUBLICE     COMMENT.                                                     -                         

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