# ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27995`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0132
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint)
- SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

THIS LETTER IS TO REFER TO YOUR OFFICE FOR APPROPRIATE       ACTION A MATTER INVOLVING ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC., LOCATED   IN GRANDVILLE, MICHIGAN , AND ITS PARENT COMPANY, SPARTAN    CHEMICAL COMPANY, LOCATED IN WYOMING, MICHIGAN.  AS          DESCRIBED MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE ATTACHED LITIGATION       REPORT, BOTH ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. AND SPARTAN CHEMICAL    COMPANY ARE CHAPTER 7 DEBTORS IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR    THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. THE ORGANIC CHEMICALS,     INC. SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES IN SEPTEMBER 1983; THE SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY SITE WAS PLACED ON THE    NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST IN NOVEMBER 1983.                   ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. IS THE PRESENT OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE SOLVENT RECYCLING AND CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN GRANDVILLE, MICHIGAN , AND IS A SUBSIDIARY OF SPARTAN        CHEMICAL COMPANY.  SPARTAN CHEMICAL OWNED AND OPERATED THE   ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. FACILITY FROM 1968 TO 1979; FROM     1968 TO THE PRESENT, SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY ACCEPTED       HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FOR TRANSPORT TO THE ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. SITE.  SPARTAN                                          CHEMICAL COMPANY IS ALSO THE PRESENT OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION AND PACKAGING CENTER IN WYOMING,       MICHIGAN.  BOTH ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. AND SPARTAN CHEMICAL COMPANY ARE LIABLE UNDER SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE    ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT, 42   U.S. C. SECTION 9601 ET SEQ., AS AME

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