# CEDAR WOOD APARTMENTS, ET AL. (TRI-COUNTY/ELGIN)
> **Judicial** · FY2000 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `32626`
- **Case Number:** 05-2000-0632
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $168K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CEDAR WOOD APARTMENTS, ET AL. (settlement)
- CLARENCE DAVIDS & COMPANY (settlement)
- EATON'S REDWOOD INN (settlement)
- ELGIN ACADEMY (settlement)
- ELGIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 46 (settlement)
- ELGIN REHABILITATION CENTER (settlement)
- ELGIN TURNERS (settlement)
- GENOA-KINGSTON COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL 424 (settlement)
- GOLF ROSE ANIMAL HOSPITAL (settlement)
- HAMPSHIRE GRADE SCHOOL (settlement)
- HAMPSHIRE HIGH SCHOOL (settlement)
- HIAWATHA PUBLIC SCHOOL (settlement)
- JEWEL FOOD STORES (settlement)
- JUDSON COLLEGE (settlement)
- OLDE TOWNE ANIMAL HOSPITAL (settlement)
- PAL JOEY'S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE (settlement)
- RAND GROVE PARTNERSHIP (settlement)
- RED LOBSTER INNS OF AMERICA N//K/A GMRI (settlement)
- ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL (settlement)
- THE FAMOUS CHILI PUB, INC. (settlement)
- TOWN & COUNTRY GARDENS (settlement)
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (settlement)
- VAVRUS & ASSOCIATES (settlement)
- VILLAGE OF CAROL STREAM (settlement)
- VILLAGE SQUIRE (settlement)
- WEST CHICAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT #33 (settlement)
## Summary

THE CD IS INTENDED TO SETTLE THE CLAIMS OF THE US AGAINST 26 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) GENERATORS CONSISTENT WITH THE   FEBRUARY 5, 1998  POLICY FOR MUNICIPALITY AND MUNICIPAL      SOLID WASTE CERCLA SETTLEMENTS AT NPL CO-DISPOSAL SITES ,    AND PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF CERCLA SECTION 107(A).  EPA HAS PERFORMED A RI/FS AT THE SITE, AND A RECORD OF DECISION  (ROD) WAS EXECUTED IN 1992.  PRE-DESIGN & REMEDIAL ACTION    WORK ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS   AND THE TRI-COUNTY LANDFILL COMPANY.  A DE-MINIMIS SETTLE-   MENT WITH 125 GENERATORS RESULTED IN RECOVERY OF $2,072,421. APPROXIMATELY $168,069.42 WILL BE RECOVERED FROM THE 26 PAR- TIES TO THIS CD.  EPA'S UNRECOVERED PAST RESPONSE COSTS, AS  OF THE DATE OF THE MSW OFFER MAILING EXCEEDED $900,000.      CONTAMINANTS FOUND AT THE SITE AND CONTRIBUTING MOST SIGNIFI CANTLY TO SITE RISKS INCLUDE: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN- CLUDING VINYL CHLORIDE, BENZENE, TRICHLOROETHANE AND 2-BUTA- NONE; VARIOUS SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS INCLUDING BEN- ZO(A) ANTHRACENE, BENZO (B) FLUORANTHENE, BENZO (K) FLUORAN- THENE, AND CHRYSENE; PESTICIDES INCLUDING 4,4'-DDT; POLY-    CHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (AROCLOR 1242 AND AROCLOR 1254); AND   INORGANICS INCLUDING ARSENIC, BERYLLIUM, CHROMIUM, NICKEL,   ANTIMONY, BARIUM, COBALT, THALLIUM AND MANGANESE.

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