On September 12, 2016 the Director of the Hazardous Site Cleanup Division signed an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Supplemental Remedial Investigation/Focused Feasibility Study (CERC-03-2016-0102DC) (AOC for Supplemental RI/Focused FS) which had been signed by the responsible party, Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), under which Honeywell will perform a Supplemental RI/Focused FS at the Bendix Flight Systems Division Superfund Site (the Site) in South Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Honeywell is the current owner and operator of the Bendix Property, and the successor-in-interest to the owners and operators at the time of disposal, and is the only responsible party at the Site. The Site consists of: (1) an approximately 64-acre property where manufacture of, among other things, coat hangers, wiring harnesses for military equipment, and aircraft instruments such as circuit boards occurred from 1952 until 1996 (the Bendix Property); and (2) all locations to which hazardous substances or pollutants and contaminants have migrated from the Bendix Property. In January 1982, the results of a groundwater quality assessment conducted by Bendix indicated the presence of various organic chemicals, including trichloroethylene (TCE), in soil, groundwater, and a holding pond at the Site.
The Site was added to the National Priorities List in 1987, and Allied, the predecessor to Honeywell at the Site, entered into a Consent Order and Ag