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MOTOR WHEEL DISPOSAL SITE

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 31979

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Case

Case Number
05-1999-0688
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

W.R. GRACE CAUSED AMMONIA TO ENTER AN UNDERGROUND SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER. IN THE '60S IT OPERATED A FACILITY THAT PRODUCED AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER, WHICH TRAVELED TO THE MOTOR WHEEL DISPOSAL SITE. THE AMMONIA IN THE RUNOFF LEACHED INTO THE GROUND AND CONTAMINATED THE SAGINAW AQUIFER, WHICH PROVIDES DRINKING WATER FOR LANSING, MI.

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