ASI ) rights to claims under several insurance policies issued to it for a dry-cleaning facility it operated at the Georgia Avenue PCE Site in Washington, DC. This payment by Travelers will be compensation for EPA?s costs of removal action at the Site. In 2009-10, EPA conducted a removal action to address the release of the hazardous substance, perchloroethylene ( PCE ), and other pollutants and contaminants at the Site. ASI used PCE in its dry-cleaning operations from around 1964 to 2011. EPA?s investigated the Site in 2009 at the request of the District of Columbia (D.C.) Department of Environment, the predecessor to the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment. EPA found high concentrations of PCE in indoor air at the dry-cleaning facility and in an adjacent day-care center, as well as in ambient air outside the dry-cleaning facility. In 2014, the United States filed a lawsuit under CERCLA against ASI and former Site owner George A. Spanos. With this settlement, EPA has resolved its claims against all known potentially responsible parties for the Site
Under the Consent Decree in this case, Travelers will pay the United States $320,000 as an assignment of Settling Defendant's (Anthony Spanos, Inc.) rights to claims under insurance policies issued for the Site property. This payment will be partial compensation for EPA's costs of removal action at the Site. In 2009-10, EPA conducted a removal action to address the release of the hazardous substance, perchloroethylene (