# EXCEL CORPORATION, ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27998`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0135
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $4.73M
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ADAMS & WESTLAKE, LTD (complaint) (settlement)
- BAYER CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- BEALE, JOSEPH (complaint)
- DETREX CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- DURAKOOL, INC. (complaint)
- ELKART PRODUCTS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- EXCEL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- JSB CORPORATION D/B/A ADLAKE ENTERPRISE (complaint)
- MILES, INC. (complaint)
- NIBCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE MAIN STREET WELL FIELD (MSWF) IN ELKHART, INDIANA        SUPPLIES                                                     APPROX.80% OF THE CITY'S DRINKING WATER NEEDS.  IN 1981,     MSWF WAS                                                     SAMPLED ASPART OF USEPA'S NATIONAL GROUND WATER SUPPLY       SURVEY.  THE                                                 SAMPLINGRESULTS INDICATED THAT THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE WELL  FIELD                                                        WASCONTAMINATED WITH TRICHLOROETHENE (TCE),                  1,2,-DICHLOROETHENE                                          (1,2,-DCE),1,1,1,TRICHLOROETHANE (TCA), 1,1-DICHLOROETHENE   (DCA).  USEPA                                                RESPONDEDBY PROPOSING MSWF FOR INCLUSION ON THE NATIONAL     PRIORITIES LIST                                              TO WHICHIT WAS ADDED IN 9/83.                                -                                                            THE CITY OF ELKHART RESPONDED BY SHUTTING DOWN THE EASTERN   PRODUCTIONWELLS AND INSTALLING INTERCEPTOR WELLS TO BLOCK    FURTHER                                                      MIGRATION OF THECONTAMINANT PLUME INTO THE WELL FIELD.  AS A RESULT, TCE                                                  LEVELS DROPPEDSUBSTANTIALLY.  HOWEVER, FROM 1983 TO 1985,    TCE LEVELS ON                                                THE WESTERNSIDE OF THE WELL FIELD BEGAN TO INCREASE.  USEPA  THEN                                

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