# BASF (INMONT CORPORATION)
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27777`
- **Case Number:** 05-1991-0184
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $487K
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A S & P MANUFACTURING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE USEPA, REGION V, IS HEREBY TRANSMITTING A  MINI-LITIGA-  TION REPORT  FOR NEGOTIATIONS AT THE THERMO CHEM SUPERFUND   SITE LOCATED MUSKEGON, MI.                                   -                                                            THE SITE WAS OPERATED AS A SOLVENT AND CHEMICAL WASTE RE-    PROCESSING, REFINING, AND INCINERATION FACILITY FROM 1969    UNTIL AUGUST 1980.  HALOGENATED AND NONHALOGENATED SOLVENTS, PAINT WASTES, AND ANTIFREESE RECEIVED AT THE SITE WERE       DISTILLED TO REGENERATE USABLE SOLVENTS.  UNRECOVERABLE      MATERIALS WERE REPORTEDLY INCINERATED ON-SITE, AS WERE PRO-  CESSING BY-PRODUCTS SUCH AS SLUDGES AND RESIDUES.  WASTE-    WATER GENERATED FROM THE DISTILLATION AND EQUIPMENT CLEANING PROCESS WAS DISCHARGED INTO A SERIES OF 3 INTERCONNECTED     LAGOONS.  HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE ALSO STORED IN UNDER-    GROUND STORAGE TANKS AT THE SITE.                            -                                                            THE SITE CONSISTS OF 2 PROPERTIES, BOTH OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY.  THE NORTHERN PROPERTY,       OPERATED BY A DIVISION OF THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY, SERVED AS  A TRANSACTION POINT FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, POLLUTANTS AND CONTAMINANTS COMING TO AND FROM THE SITE.  THE SOUTHERN PROP ERTY, OPERATED BY SUBSIDIARY, CONTAINED THE LABORATORY, RE-  CYCLING AND INCINERATION OPERATIONS.                         -                                                            HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF ORGANIC AND I

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