# COLUMBUS SCRAP SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29385`
- **Case Number:** 05-1995-0416
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $5.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COLUMBUS SCRAP CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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