# STANDARD DETROIT PAINT COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30966`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0364
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $120K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- STANDARD DETROIT PAINT COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REFERRAL IS FOR CONCURRENCE AND EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT    FOR THE METAMOR LANDFILL SITE.  THE SITE IS LOCATED IN       METAMORA TOWNSHIP, LAPEER COUNTY, MICHIGAN.  THE SITE EXISTS ON A LAND PARCEL APPROXIMATELY 100 ACRES IN SIZE AND         CONTAINS A 25-ACRE LANDFILL.  A GRAVEL MINING FACILITY IS    LOCATED ON THE SITE, SOUTH OF THE LANDFILL, AND A LICENSED   SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION CURRENTLY OPERATING ON THE      WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE IS BEING LOCATED.  THE SURROUNDING  LAND USE IS BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL.  THERE IS A   SHALLOW AND INTERMEDIATE AQUIFER PRESENT ABOVE THE BEDROCK   AQUIFER.  LANDFILL OPERATIONS AT THE SITE BEGAN IN 1955 AS   A PRIVATELY OWNED, UNREGULATED OPEN DUMP.  IN 1969, THE LAND FILL WAS UPGRADED TO MEET EXISTING STATE STANDARDS, AND      LICENSED TO RECEIVE GENERAL REFUSE.  THE LANDFILL ACCEPTED   BOTH MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE UNTIL IT WAS CLOSED IN   1980.  INDUSTRIAL WASTE WAS OFTEN DISPOSED OF AT THE LAND-   FILL AS DRUMMED WASTE.  NO RECORDS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED THAT SHOW THE DISPOSAL PRACTICES OF THE FORMER OPERATOR.  HOWEVER IT IS KNOWN THAT WASTE AND DRUMS WERE DISPOSED OF IN UNLINED EXCAVATIONS (FORMER MINING PITS OR BORROW AREAS.  IN 1981,   APPROXIMATELY EIGHT DRUMS WERE UNEARTHED IN THE NORTHWEST    AREA OF THE SITE DURING EXCAVATION FOR THE NEARBY SOLID      WASTE TRANFER STATION.  THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL   RESOURCES (MDNR) SAMPLED SEVEN OF THESE DRUMS AND IDENTIFIED THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

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