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CENTRAL QUALITY SERVICES CORPORATION

Judicial · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 28954

Penalty
$460K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1994-0340
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

CENTRAL QUALITY SERVICES HAS OPERATED GRAND TRAVERSE OVERALL SUPPLY SINCE 1992. GRAND TRAVERSE OVERALL PROVIDED INDUSTRIAL DRYCLEANING SERVICE FROM 1968 THROUGH 1987. IN 1978, TRICHLOROETHLENE AND TETRACHLOROETHYLENE WERE DISCOVERED IN THE GROUNDWATER IN THE VICINITY OF GRAND TRAVERSE. THE CONTAMINATION WAS TRACED TO DISVANGES OF DRY CLEANING WASTE BY GRAND TRAVERSE. THE SITE WAS ADDED TO THE NPL IN 1983. U.S. EPA PERFORMED A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AT THE SITE IN 1989 AND 1990. HOWEVER, THE CONTAMINATION HAD DISSIPATED THROUGH NATURAL ATTENUATION AND THE RI DID NOT DOCUMENT A CURRENT OF FUTURE THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM THE EARLIER CONTAMINATION . U.S. EPA ISSUED A NO-ACTION RECORD OF DECISION IN FEBRUARY 1992. THIS IS AN ACTION TO RECOVER THE COSTS INCURRD BY U.S. EPA IN THE COURSE OF THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION.

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