NEASE CHEMICAL COMPANY

NEASE CHEMICAL HAS AN EXISTING LEACHATE COLLECTION TREATMENT SYSTEM (LCTS) THAT HAD NOT BEEN FUNCTIONING PROPERLY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE AGENCY HAD PREVIOUSLY ATTEMPTED TO GET NEASE TO VOLUNTARILY FIX AND IMPROVE ITS LCTS. NEASE DID NOT DO THIS. IN EARLY 1993, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NEASE'S LEACHATE / SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION PROBLEM NECESSITATED AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION. THE AGENCY SENT OUT NOTICE LETTERS IN EARLY 1994 AND NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SETTLEMENT COMMENCED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER BY CONSENT FOR AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION AT NEASE CHEMICAL WAS SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTITATED WITH NEASE. THE AOC WAS SIGNED BY US EPA FOR NOVEMBER 11, 1993, WHICH IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDER.