# ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3464`
- **Case Number:** 02-1989-0136
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $629K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ADVANCED ENVIRON'L TECHNOLOGY (AETC)
- ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORP
- CIBA-GEIGY CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY OF DOD
- GUTTERMAN IRON & METAL CORP
- KAPLAN, ETHEL
- KAPLAN, JACK
- MINNESOTA MINING & MFG AKA 3M CO 3M CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- PERMACEL INC (complaint) (settlement)
- RAGEN PRECISION INDUSTRIES INC
- REFINED ONYX (CHEVRON CHEMICAL)
- UNION CARBIDE CORP
## Summary

THIS IS AN ACTION TO RECOVER PAST COSTS INCURRED BY EPA IN   UNDERTAKING AND/OR FUNDING RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE ATLANTIC  RESOURCES CORP SITE, LOCATED IN SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY.      THE RESPONSE ACTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY EPA AT THE    SITE INCLUDE CONDUCT OF A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND      REMOVAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SITE STABILIZING ACTIVITIES,    CLEANING UP SPILLS, MONITORING AND SAMPLING, DRUM DISPOSAL,  DISMANTLING OF STORAGE TANKS AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUB-  STANCES.  THE SITE IS NOT LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES  LIST (NPL).  NJDEP CURRENTLY HAS THE LEAD IN CONDUCTING THE  RI/FS FOR THE SITE AND SEVERAL ADJACENT SITES.                 REIMBURSEMENT IS SOUGHT FROM FIVE GENERATOR PRPS WHO SENT  HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE SITE, AND FROM THREE OWNER-      OPERATORS, INCLUDING ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORPORATION WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY.                             EPA SEEKS: (A) RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN-   CURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, AS WELL AS PRE-   JUDGMENT INTEREST; AND (B) A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AS TO      THE DEFENDANTS' LIABILITY FOR FUTURE EXPENSES TO BE INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE.                            PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607(A) EPA SENT NOTICE      LETTERS TO THREE OF THE GENERATOR DEFENDANTS ON JAN. 9, 1987 AND ALL THREE DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REMOVAL.  EPA   HAS ISSUED NOTICE AND DEMAND LETTERS TO ALL THE PROPOSED     DEFENDANTS EXCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF 

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