# SAUGET AREA 1 SITE - MONSANTO COMPANY AND SOLUTIA INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31529`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0165
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SAUGET AREA 1 SITE - MONSANTO COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

SAUGET AREA 1 IS COMPRISED OF 5 UNLINED, UNCONTROLLED DISPOS AL SITES CONTAINING BOTH MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES AS  WELL AS 3.5 MILES OF CONTAMINATED STREAM SEDIMENTS.  THE     SITE IS LOCATED IN A MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREA   AND THE CONTAMINATED STREAM ALSO FLOWS THROUGH A NATURAL     AREA NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE ENTIRE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE AOC/   SOW SIGNED BY THE PRPS (MONSANTO CO. AND SOLUTIA, INC.)      DIRECTS THE RESPONDENTS TO CONDUCT EXTENSIVE FIELD SAMPLING  TO DEFINE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION, CONDUCT    BOTH HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL RICK EVALUATIONS, AND TO    WRITE A RI/FS (FOR GROUNDWATWE) AND AN EE/CA (FOR SOURCE     CONTROL) TO EVALUATE OPTIONS FOR REMEDIATING THIS SITE.  A   SEPARATE CONSENT DECREE WILL BE NEGOTIATED AFTER THE RI/FS   AND EE/CA ARE APPROVED BY U.S. EPA TO CONDUCT THE REMOVAL    AND REMEDIAL ACTIONS SELECTED BY THE AGENCY.                   SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS WERE SENT TO 26 PRPS ALONG WITH     THIS AOC/SOW.  ONLY MONSANTO AND SOLUTIA SIGNED THE AOC.  A  SEPARATE CONSENT DECREE WILL BE NEGOTIATED SOON FOR THE      PURPOSE OF COLLECTING U.S. EPA'S PAST COSTS (NOT PART OF     THIS AOC).

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