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COLUMBUS SCRAP SITE

Administrative - Formal · FY1995 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 29385

Penalty
Cost recovery
$5.00M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1995-0416
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

COLUMBUS SCRAP CORPORATION LEASED THE 6 ACRE SITE FROM CSX TRANSPORATION IN 1985. COLUMBUS HAS OPERATED A SCRAP BUSINESS AT THE SITE THAT INCLUDED SCAVAGING PCB CAPACITORS. HIGH LEVELS OF PCB'S HAVE BEEN FOUND IN SITE SOILS. SINCE ABOUT 1990 COLUMBUS HAS CONDUCTED 2 PARTIAL CLEANUPS. A PRIOR CONSENT ORDER WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 10, 1991 TO CONDUCT A SITE ASSESSMENT AND REMOVE OR TREAT SOILS WITH PCBS ABOVE 25 PPM. THE ORDER (V-W-91-C-095) WAS TERMINATED ON THE DATE OF THIS UAO, (4/17/95). THE RESPONDENTS HAVE STOCKPILED 15,000 CUBIC FEET OF SOIL UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER. THIS ORDER PROVIDES FOR OFF-SITE DISPOSAL AT A SPECIAL WASTE LANDFILL OR A TSCA LANDFILL OF THE STOCKPILE DEPENDING ON PCB LEVELS.

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