# ESTECH GENERAL CHEMICAL CONSENT DECREE (CERCLA)
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31937`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0640
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ESTECH GENERAL CHEMICAL SITE
- GENERAL IRON INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
- MR. GORDON MARTIN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL REQUESTS THAT THE UNITED STATES FILE A COST    RECOVERY ACTION, UNDER SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE      ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT OF    1980, AS AMENDED BY THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORI-  ZATION ACTION OF 1986, PUBLIC LAW 99-499, 42 U.S.C.  9607,  SEEKING IN EXCESS OF $213,671.97 THAT THE UNITED STATES      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SPENT FOR RESPONSE ACTIONS   AT THE ESTECH GENERAL CHEMICAL SITE LOCATED AT 150 MARBLE    STREET, CALUMET CITY, IL.  THE SITE IS A 54-ACRE ILLEGAL     LANDFILL, CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF A MIXTURE OF CONSTRUCTION  DEBRIS AND SCRAP IRON  FLUFF .  EPA CONDUCTED RESPONSE       ACTIONS BEGINNING IN APPROXIMATELY 1996 AND CONDUCTED REMOV- AL ACTIVITIES FROM MARCH 22, 1999 UNTIL JUNE 15, 1999.  THE  PROPOSED DEFENDANTS IN THIS ACTION ARE MR. GORDAN MARTIN, A  FORMER OWNER AND OPERATOR OF AN ILLEGAL LANDFILL AT THE SITE AND GENERAL IRON INDUSTRIES, INC., A SCRAPYARD IN CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS WHICH GENERATED  FLUFF  WASTE THAT WAS DEPOSITED    AT THE SITE.  EPA HAS COMPLETED REMOVAL ACTIVITIES AT THE    SITE.  COMPLAINT FILED.

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