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POLY-CYCLE INDUSTRIES SITE - TECULA

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · — · 36317

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Case

Case Number
06-1996-0011
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (7)

Summary

1. SECTIONS 107(A) AND 122(G)(4) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EN- VIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT, AS AMENDED ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECS. 9607(A) AND 9622(G) (4). 2. POLY-CYCLE INDUSTRIES SITE 1.25 MILES NE OF TECULA ON FM ROAD 2064 TECULA, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FACILITY ID NO. TXT490012689. 3. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH AP- PROXIMATELY 168 RESIDENTS WITHIN 1 MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE. THE SITE IS BORDERED TO THE SOUTH BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO THE NORTH BY FM ROAD 2064, TO WEST BY COUNTY ROAD 4216, AND THE EAST BY RURAL FARMLAND. THE SITE CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 15,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SOIL AND WASTE PILES WHICH WERE CONTAMINATED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD. EPA CONDUCTED A SITE ASSESSMENT AT THE SITE IN MAR. 1991. THE SAMPLING MISSION IDENTIFIED THE MAJORITY OF THE CON- TAMINANTS TO HAVE BEEN GENERATED WITHIN THE 4 ACRE PRO- CESS AREA AND ALONG MAJOR DRAINAGE PATHWAYS WHICH CON- TAINED HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD. ON MAR. 8, 1991, THE RA OF EPA REGION 6 SIGNED AN ACTION MEMORANDUM DECLARING THAT CONDITIONS AT THE SITE CONSTI- TUTED AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANIAL ENDANGERMENT TO THE PUB- LIC HEALTH OR WELFARE OR THE ENVI

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