# ORGANIC CHEMICALS INC. NPL SITE ( OCI )
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31221`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0643
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $3.30M
- **Compliance action $:** $398K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ABITIBI (settlement)
- ORGANIC CHEMICALS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SPARTAN CHEMICALS CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- TOTAL PETROLEUM (complaint) (settlement)
- TOTAL REALTY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

06/30/98: CERCLA  122(E) SPECIAL NOTICE AND DEMAND LETTER   SIGNED BY USEPA AND MAILED TO PRPS ON ATTACHED LIST.         08/04/98: USEPA HOLDS MEETING IN CHICAGO FOR PRPS.           09/10/98: USEPA RECEIVES SOME OFFERS AND EXPRESSIONS OF      INTEREST TO SETTLE FROM CERTAIN PARTIES.  RD/RA & COST       RECOVERY NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING.                                 THE ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 5 ACRES  LARGE.  PETROLEUM REFINING WAS DONE ON THE SITE DURING WWII, AND FROM 1945 UNTIL 1966, A PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS  WAS OPERATED ON THE SITE.  ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC., OPERATED BOTH A SOLVENT RECLAMATION AND SPECIALTY CHEMICALS MANUFAC-  TURING BUSINESS ON THE SITE COMMENCING IN 1968, AND CLOSING  IN 1991.  THE OCI SITE WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST IN 1983.  EXTENSIVE RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES    TO THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER OCCURRED AT THE SITE FROM OCI'S  SOLVENT RECLAMATION AND CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS,   CHEMICAL SPILLS AND FIRES, AS WELL AS THE EARLIER REFINING   OPERATIONS.  THERE HAVE BEEN 2 RODS FOR THE SITE: AN INTERIM ROD FOR GROUNDWATER PUMP AND TREAT OF VOC AND SVOC CONTAMI-  NATED GROUNDWATER, AND A FINAL ROD FOR GROUNDWATER AND SOIL  REMEDIATION.                                                   ON JUNE 11, 1999, THE UNITED STATES, ON BEHALF OF U.S. EPA FILED A CERCLA SECTION 106(A) & 107(A) COMPLAINT AGAINST 44  DEFENDANTS SEEKING PERFORMANCE OF A CERCLA CLEAN-UP AND PAY- MENT OF U.S. EPA'S PAST AND FUTURE C

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