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DESHLER LEAD SITE/BALDAUF LEAD SITE

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 29813

Penalty
$67K
Cost recovery
$1.69M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1996-0382
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THE SITE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BEANFIELD. THE FORMER LESSE AND POSSIBLE OWNER, MIKE OR JAMES ODLE, USED TO BURN TRANSFORMERS AT THE SITE. MR. ODLE DIED IN 1994. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY CURTIS STEWART. HE HAS A HOUSE TRAILER ON SITE AND CHILDREN ARE BELIEVED TO LIVE THERE. CHILDREN SERVICES MAY BE INVOLVED. SAMPLES TAKEN BY OEPA SHOWED HIGH LEVELS. CONFIRMATORY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BY THE OSC AUGUST 8, 1996. ON SEPTEMBER 20,, 1996, U.S. EPA MAILED A GENERAL NOTICE PRP LETTER TO THE RESPONDENT NOTIFYING IT OF ITS POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR LEAD CONTAMINATION FOUND IN DESHLER, OHIO. RESPONDENT RUNS A SCRAPYARD IN TOLEDO, OHIO, WHICH HAD DELIVERED TRANSFORMERS AND WIRE TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN DESHLER, OHIO WHO BURNED AND SCRAPPED MATERIALS TO RECLAIM THE METALS, WHICH WERE RETURNED TO THE SCRAPYARD FOR CASH PROPERTY WHERE THE

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