# ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28785`
- **Case Number:** 05-1994-0114
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $40K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $35K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- TROJAN CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

TROJAN CORPORATION HAS OWNED AND OPERATED THE FACILITY,      WHERE IT MANUFACTURES EXPLOSIVES, FROM ABOUT JUNE 1982 TO    THE PRESENT. ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY HAS ALSO OWNED THE      FACILITY FROM SINCE 1986 WHEN ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY        PURCHASED CERTAIN ASSETS FROM TROJAN.  BOTH TROJAN AND       ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY ARE WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF     ENSIGN-BICKFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.                             A STATE IEPA INSPECTION ON JUNE 20, 1990, REVEALED THE       PRESENCE OF 32 DRUMS OF WASTE IN AN AREA CALLED THE          BONEYARD.  DURING A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY IEPA ON         SEPTEMBER 21, 1991, THE DRUMS WERE DISCOVERED TO HAVE BEEN   MOVED TO A STAGING AREA.  ENSIGN-BICKFORD PROVIDED MANIFESTS FOR SOME OF THESE DRUMS SHOWING THAT THEY WERE SHIPPED       OFF-SITE IN JANUARY 1992. THE WASTES WERE MANIFESTED AS D008 (LEAD TC), D001 (IGNITABILITY), D009 (MERCURY TC), D028 (TC  FOR 1-2 DICHOLORETHANE) AND F002, F003, AND F005 (SPENT      SOLVENTS).  THE ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY CLAIMS THE DRUMS     WERE ON SITE WHEN IT PURCHASED PROPERTY FROM TROJAN AND      CLAIMS THAT IT WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIALS PLACED  THERE BY TROJAN.

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