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INTERVET, INC. AND MALLINCKROD VETERINARY, INC.(MILLSBORO TCE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITE)

Administrative - Formal · FY2015 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 3600088141

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Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2015-0036
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (2)

Summary

ON MARCH 4, 2015, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OF THE HAZARDOUS SITE CLEANUP DIVISION SIGNED A CERCLA ADMINISTRATIVE COST RECOVERY SETTLEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 122(H) OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(H), WITH INTERVET, INC., AND MALLINCKRODT VETERINARY, INC., IN CONNECTION WITH THE MILLSBORO TCE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION SITE IN MILLSBORO, SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE. THE TWO PRPS ARE PERFORMING REMOVAL WORK AT THE SITE UNDER TWO SEPARATE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDERS, AND RECENTLY SUBMITTED TO EPA A DRAFT ENGINEERING EVALUATION/COST ANALYSIS TO ADDRESS GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, PRPS WILL PAY $950,000 TO A SITE-SPECIFIC SUPERFUND ACCOUNT TO RESOLVE ITS POTENTIAL LIABILITY UNDER SECTION 107(a) OF CERCLA FOR PAST COSTS INCURRED BY THE UNITED STATES THROUGH MAY 30, 2014, NAMELY $1,273,157. NOTICE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST RECOVERY SETTLEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER FOR A THIRTY-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

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