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FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION

Judicial · FY2018 · — · — · 3601472613

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2018-7003
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-12044
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania entered a Consent Decree between the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( State ), and Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation ( FWEC ), pursuant to CERCLA Section 106 and 107(a), in connection with the Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation/Church Road TCE Superfund Alternative Site, located in Mountain Top, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ( Site ), Civil Action No. 3:19-cv-1620. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, FWEC has agreed to (1) finance and perform the interim remedial action selected by EPA in the September 2018 Interim Record of Decision, totaling over $4.15 million; (2) reimburse EPA $950,000 for its Past Response Costs at the Site through February 27, 2018; (3) reimburse the State $56,051.21 for its State Past Response Costs at the Site through September 30, 2018; and (4) pay all Future Response Costs and State Future Response Costs, as defined in the Consent Decree. The Site consists of (1) the Former FWEC Facility, approximately 105 acres located in the Crestwood Industrial Complex, which was the subject of a 1988 removal action; (2) the Church Road TCE Site, including the Affected Area, defined as residential areas impacted by trichloroethene, which was the subject of a 2005 removal action; and (3) all other areas in which hazardous substances from the Former FWEC Facility have come to be located. The removal action at the Former FWEC Facility consisted primarily of the installation and o

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