# CEDAR SERVICES, INC. > **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery ## Case - **Activity ID:** `32579` - **Case Number:** 05-2000-0580 - **Type:** Administrative - Formal - **Lead:** EPA - **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery - **Penalty assessed:** — - **Cost recovery:** $150K - **Compliance action $:** — - **Multimedia (multi-env):** N ## Defendants - CEDAR SERVICES, INC. (settlement) - R. G. HALEY & CO., INC. ## Summary THE CEDAR SERVICES, INC. SITE WAS A FORMER WOOD TREATING AND STORAGE FACILITY ON A 38 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND IN BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY, MINNESOTA. IN LATE MAY 1997, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF ARGICULTURE REQUESTED USEPA ASSISTANCE IN REMOVING TANKS AND THEIR CONTENTS AS WELL AS ANY SURROUNDING CONTAMINATED SOILS. THE OBJECTIVE TO MITIGATE THAT THREAT POSED BY PCB WASTES IN THE TANKS AND SURROUNDING SOILS. USEPA AND ITS CONTRACTORS INITIATED A REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1997 AND ALL PERSONNEL DEMOBILIZED FROM THE SITE ON OCTOBER 23, 1997. THE NEW OWNER'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTOR CONDUCTED A LARGE SCALE SAMPLING EVENT AS A PRELIMINARY TO PARTICIPATION IN A STATE VOLUNTARY CLEAN UP. BASED ON THE RESULTS AND THE PRO- JECTED COSTS OF THE COMPLEX REMAINING CLEAN-UP ACTIVITIES, THE MDA REQUESTED ADDITIONAL USEPA ASSISTANCE AT THE SITE. USEPA AND MDA REMOBILIZED TO THE SITE ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1999. THE REMOVAL ACTION AT THE CEDAR SERVICES SITE WAS COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1999. USEPA AND THE FORMER OWNERS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SETTLE EXPENDED AT THE SITE. USEPA WILL RECOVER OF $150,000 OF THE UNRECOVERED COSTS. THE CEDAR SERVICES, INC. SITE WAS A FORMER WOOD TREATING AND STORAGE FACILITY ON A 38 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND IN BEMIDJI, BELTRAMI COUNTY, MINNESOTA. IN LATE MAY 1997, THE MINNE- SOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REQUE --- *Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*