# S.E. ROCKFORD/COST RECOVERY
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29732`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0275
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $14.64M
- **Compliance action $:** $400K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES (settlement)
- BORG-WARNER CORP. (settlement)
- BUILDERS PLUMBING & HEATING (settlement)
- CHARLES AND JAY MUNTZ (settlement)
- ERHARDT & LEIMER, INC. (settlement)
- ESTWING MANUFACTURING CO. (settlement)
- FORGING & STAMPING, INC. (settlement)
- GORDON BARTELS CO. (settlement)
- HELEN M. PEKARSKY (settlement)
- ICO CONTINENTAL (settlement)
- KELLEY WILLIAMSON (settlement)
- ROCK RIVER VALLEY INDUSTRIAL PARK (settlement)
- ROCKFORD PRODUCTS CORP. (settlement)
- SGK INVESTMENTS (settlement)
- SUNDSTRAND CORP. (settlement)
- SUNTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. (settlement)
- VIKING DISTRIBUTORS (settlement)
- WINGS & WHEELS, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE IS A LARGE PLUME OF VOC-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER    EXTENDING OVER 5 MILES THROUGH THE CITY OF ROCKFORD,         ILLINOIS.  EPA FIRST BECAME INVOLVED IN 1989 WHEN            RESIDENTIAL WELL WATER SHOWED VOC CONTAMINATION.  EPA AND    IEPA CONDUCTED SEVERAL INITIAL REMOVAL ACTIONS TO EXTEND     MUNICIPAL WATER TO AFFECTED RESIDENTS.  IEPA, THROUGH A      COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EPA, CONDUCTED A RI/FS FOR THE    GROUNDWATER OPERABLE UNIT. IN SEPTEMBER 1995, EPA AND IEPA   ISSUED A ROD FOR THE GROUNDWATER OPERABLE UNIT WHICH CALLS   FOR ADDITIONAL WATER EXTENSIONS AND REMEDIATION OF           GROUNDWATERR SOURCE AREAS.  FIELD WORK FOR THE DELINEATING   THE SOURCE AREAS WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SPRING.

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