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ELECTRO-VOICE INC.

Judicial · FY2000 · — · — · 32593

Penalty
Cost recovery
$145K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-2000-0597
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

THE ELECTRO-VOICE SUPERFUND SITE (SITE) IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL). U.S. EPA LISTED THE SITE ON THE NPL ON NOVEMBER 21, 1984 (49 FED. REG. 185). THE ELECTRO-VOICE SUPERFUND SITE CONSISTS OF THE EV INTER- NATIONAL (EVI) PROPERTY AND OFF-PROPERTY GROUNDWATER CONTA- MINATION THAT EXTENDS ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF EVI. ELECTRO-VOICE MANUFACTURED AUDIO EQUIPMENT. THE EVI PROPER- TY INCLUDES A BUILDING, PARKING AREAS, A FORMER DRYWELL AREA WHERE ELECTRO-VOICE DISPOSED PAINT WASTES, A FORMER FUEL TANK AREA, AND TWO FORMER LAGOONS WHERE ELECTRO-VOICE DIS- POSED ELECTROPLATING WASTES. EVI IS LOCATED AT 600 CECIL STREET IN BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN. BUCHANAN IS IN BERRIEN COUNTY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MICHIGAN. THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION EXTENDS FROM EVI ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF EVI TO ABOUT 500 FEET BEYOND MCCOY CREEK. SEE ATTACHMENT 1. IN 1992 U.S. EPA DIVIDED THE SITE INTO TWO OPERABLE UNITS. OPERABLE UNIT 1 ADDRESSED CONTAMINATED SOILS IN THE DRYWELL AREA, THE LAGOONS AND ON-PROPERTY GROUNDWATER. OPERABLE UNIT 2 ADDRESSES THE OFF-PROPERTY GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. THIS CONSENT DECREE ADDRESSES OPERABLE UNIT 2, THE OFF-PRO- PERTY GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.

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