# INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTROL, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34012`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0026
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHAMP HINTON PONTIAC (complaint)
- CRAIN SOUTHWEST, INC. (complaint)
- DE SOTO, INC. (complaint)
- FORT SMITH BARREL & DRUM (complaint)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (complaint)
- PARKER SOLVENTS CO, INC. (complaint)
- PLASTICS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP (complaint)
- PROTO TOOL CO (complaint)
- SANYO MANUFACTURING CORP (complaint)
- SOUTH WEST TIMES RECORD (complaint)
- SPALDING SPORTS WORLWIDE (complaint)
- WARWICK ELECTRONICS (complaint)
## Summary

THE IWC SITE IS ON THE NAT'L PRIORITIES LIST.  A        REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, ENDANGERMENT ASSESSMENT, AND         FEASIBILITY STUDY HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE EPA AND WERE    COMPLETED IN JUNE 1986.                                           THE SITE IS LOCATED IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY, ARK, AN AREA   THAT HAS BEEN MINED FOR COAL BY SURFACE STRIP MINES AND      UNDERGROUND TUNNELS.  IT IS COMPRISED OF 8 ACRES AND HAS     BEEN IN OPERATION FROM 1970 TO 1978.  THE NORTHERN HALF OF   THE SITE IS THE CLOSED AND COV'D INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL THAT IS SITUATED IN AN ABANDONED COAL STRIP MINE.  ON THE SOUTHERN   HALF ARE 4 PONDS USED FOR LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL, BUT ARE     NOW DRAINED & COV'D.  DRUMMED WASTES ARE ALSO THOUGHT TO     HAVE BEEN BURIED IN ONE OR MORE PITS WEST OF THE PONDS.      CONTAMINATED SURFACE SOILS CURRENTLY PRESENT A THREAT TO     HUMAN HEALTH.  THE MOVEMENT OF THE CONTAMINATED ONSITE       PERCHED GROUNDWATER INTO THE OFF-SITE ARTESIAN GROUNDWATER   SYSYTEM IS VERY SLOW, BUT FUTURE COLLAPSE OF THE MINE        WORKINGS & SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDENCE COULD INCREASE THE PRESENT  THE PRESENT RATE OF SEEPAGE.  AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN IS THE   INABILITY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE RELEASE OF THE CONTENTS      FROM THE BURIED WASTE DRUMS.                                     OBJECTIVES:  TO OBTAIN REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS INCURRED   BY THE US PURSUANT TO THE CERCLA, AT THE IWC SITE, AND TO    OBTAIN COURT ORDER DIRECTING PRPS TO DESIGN & IMPLEMENT      THE ACTION TO BE DESCRIBED IN THE ENFORCE

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