# Absorbent Technologies Site
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2017 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601610071`
- **Case Number:** 10-2017-0170
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Al-Hadi, Farouk H. (complaint) (settlement)
- Ellis, David L. (complaint) (settlement)
- Ellis, Pamela L. (complaint) (settlement)
- River City Engineering, Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

The Absorbent Technologies Site is comprised of two properties where a company 
manufactured a soil additive which allowed farmers to use less water.  This manufacturing
process involved the use of chemicals, including acrylonitrile, hydrogen cyanide, potassium 
hydroxide, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, methanol and toxic metals.  The properties which
comprise the Site are located at 2830 Ferry Street SW, and 140 SW Queen Avenue in Albany, 
Oregon.  When the manufacturing operations ceased in October 2013, a substantial amount of 
chemicals were discarded on-site.  Following a notice from the Albany Fire Department, EPA 
required and performed cleanup activities at the Site through April 2014.  In a prior settlement, 
EPA received a payment of $250,000 from owners and operators of the Site.  The proposed 
administrative settlement agreement which is currently subject to public comment will require 
River City Environmental, Inc., David L. Ellis, Pamela L. Ellis, and Farouk Al-Hadi, four 
owners of property at the Queen Avenue portion of the Site, to pay EPA a total of $187,500.  
These parties also funded or performed some of the cleanup work required by EPA at the Site. 
EPA incurred approximately $364,786 in response costs for the Queen Avenue portion of the 
Site.  Pursuant to the terms of the proposed CERCLA Section 122(h)(1) Settlement Agreement 
for Recovery of Response Costs, the settling parties will pay EPA a total of $187,500.  Of that 
amount, Rive

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