# COULOPOULOS, CONSTANCE
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27445`
- **Case Number:** 05-1990-0162
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN INKS AND COATINGS CORP. (complaint)
- AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH INC. (complaint)
- CONSERVATION CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint)
- CONSERVATION CHEMICAL COMPANY OF ILLINOI (complaint)
- COULES, JOHN (complaint)
- COULES, PETER (complaint)
- COULES, TED (complaint)
- COULOPOULOS, CONSTANCE (complaint)
- FRANKLIN, ALAN / FRANKLIN MAINTENANCE (complaint)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC (complaint)
- HJERSTED, NORMAN B. (complaint)
- U.S. POLYCHEMICAL CORP. (complaint)
- WAGONNER, WAYNE (complaint)
- WESTERN SCRAP CORP (complaint)
## Summary

THE WESTERN SCRAP DRUM SITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SCRAP     YARD LOCATED AT 6901 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, GARY, INDIANA.     THE SITE IS APPROZXIMATELY 20 ACRES IN SIZE, IN AN INDUSTRI- AL AREA, WITH AN ENTRANCE ON INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY.  SEVEN      TANKER TRAILERS, APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED (300) 55-GALLON DRUMS AND NUMEROUS SMALLER CONTAINERS WERE FOUND ON SITE.    THE DRUMS AND TWO OF THE TANKERS CONTAINED HAZARDOUS WASTES, INCLUDING PLATING WASTES, PAINT SLUDGES, INKS AND SOLVENTS.  SAMPLES TAKEN REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF CYANIDES, ACIDS,      POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) AND SOLVENTS WITH DANGEROUS LY LOW FLASH POINTS.  THE WASTES WERE IN BADLY DETERIORATED  CONTAINERS, WITH DRUMS CONTAINING ACID NEXT TO DRUMS CONTAIN ING CYANIDE, THE APRIL 7, 1986, LETTER REPORT OF THE TECHNI- CAL ASSISTANCE TEAM (TAT) WHICH MADE THE SITE ASSESSMENT ON  AUGUST 12 AND 15 OF 1985.                                      THE WESTERN SCRAP CORPORATION (FORMERLY WESTERN SCRAP      INC.) CONDUCTS AND AT ALL RELEVANT TIMES CONDUCTED A CAR     CRUSHING OPERATION ON A PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY.  THE RE-  MAINING PORTION OF THE POROERTY IS A DEGRADED WETLAND COVER- ED WITH CATTAILS, BRUSH, STANDING WATER, OLD TIRES, RUBBLE,  CANS, DRUMS AND TANKERS.  THIS PORTION OF THE WESTERN SCRAP  PROPERTY LIES ADJACENT TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF PROPERTY  LEASED BY THE CONSERVATION CHEMICAL COMPANY OF ILLINOIS      (CCCI).                                                        CCCI ACCEPTED LARGE VOLUMES OF HAZAR

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