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USX CORPORATION - A.V.A ATLANTIC DISPOSAL

Judicial · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 3545

Penalty
$480K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1989-0243
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-138C
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (6)

Summary

A CONSENT DECREE REGARDING THE TABERNACLE DRUM DUMP SUPERFUND SITE. THE TABERNACLE SITE WAS CREATED BY UNPERMITTED DISPOSAL OF CONTAINERIZED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, SOMETIME IN 1976 OR 1977, BY ATLANTIC DISPOSAL SERVICES, INC. (ADS) OF MOUNT LAUREL, NJ. THE FORMER U.S. STEEL CORP. CONTAINER PRODUCTS PLANT (AN OPERATING DIV OF U.S. STEEL CORP., NOW USX CORP.), LOCATED IN CAMDEN, NJ, WAS THE GENERATOR OF THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN QUESTION. (THE CONTAINER PRODUCTS PLANT (CPP) WAS CLOSED IN 1980; THE ENTIRE CONTAINER PRODUCTS OPERATIONS OF U.S. STEEL CORP. WERE SOLD ON DECEMBER 31, 1983.) NEGOTIATIONS WITH USX HAVE RESULTED IN THIS RD/RA SETTLEMENT. THE CONSENT DECREE PROVIDES THAT USX WILL REIMBURSE EPA FOR ITS COSTS IN OVERSEEING USX'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SELECTED REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE FOR THE SITE, AND REIMBURSE THE AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES DISEASE REGISTRY (ATSDR) FOR THE COST OF CONDUCTING A CERCLA HEALTH ASSESSMENT. USX WILL FINANCE AND IMPLEMENT THE REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE SELECTED FOR THE SITE IN THE RECORD OF DECISION ISSUED ON JUNE 30, 1988.

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