# SHELLY DITCH
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `32945`
- **Case Number:** 05-2001-0298
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RAYBESTOS PRODUCTS COMPANY (settlement)
- SHELLY DITCH (settlement)
## Summary

THE SHELLY DITCH IS AN INTERMITTENT STREAM THAT ACCEPTS SUR- FACE RUNOFF FROM THE NORTHEAST SECTOR OF THE TOWN OF CRAW-   FORDS, INDIANA.  SHELLY DITCH IS APPROXIMATELY 5,000 FEET    LONG.  THREE CULVERTS, OR OUT FALLS, LOCATED ON THE WEST     PERIMETER OF THE RESPONDENT'S FACILITY AT 1204 DARLINGTON    AVENUE, CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA 47933 EMPTY INTO SHELLY      DITCH.  THE FACILITY, ESTABLISHED IN 1951, MANUFACTURES      FRICTION PLATES FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS.                   ON MAY 8, 2000, U.S. EPA PERFORMED A SITE ASSESSMENT AT    THE SHELLY DITCH SITE AND COLLECTED TWENTY-EIGHT SOIL/SEDI-  MENT SAMPLES ALONG THE LENGTH OF DITCH.  CHEMICAL ANALYSIS   REVEALED ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF PCBS AND LEAD FROM MANY  OF THE SAMPLES.  THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF LEAD WAS 4,990 PPM AND PCB AROCLOR-1248 AT 4,730 PPM FROM SAMPLE A4S.  THE  SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED FROM THE SURFACE (0-6 INCHES) AT THE    UPSTREAM END OF THE DITCH.                                     THIS ORDER REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO CONDUCT REMOVAL      ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN TO ABATE AN IMMINENT AND SUB-    STANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE OR THE   ENVIRONMENT THAT MAY BE PRESENTED BY THE ACTUAL OR THREATEN- ED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT OR FROM THE SITE.        RESPONDENT SHALL REIMBURSE U.S. EPA, UPON WRITTEN DEMAND,  FOR ALL RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE UNITED STATES IN      OVERSEEING RESPONDENT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS   OF THIS ORDER.  VIOLATION OF ANY PRO

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