# SPARTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36831`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0548
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $15.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SPARTON TECHNOLOGY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008(H) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY    ACT ( RCRA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928(H).      2. SPARTON TECHNOLOGY , INC.                                    9621 COORS ROAD NW                                           ALBUQUERQUE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87114          3. THE SPARTON FACILITY CONSISTS OF A 64,000 SQUARE FOOT        BUILDING ON A 12 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND ON THE NORTHWEST        SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE. THE FACILITY PRODUCED ELECTRONIC        COMPONENTS FROM 1961 TO 1994, WHEN OPERATIONS CEASED. THE    PLANT GENERATED HAZARDOUS METAL PLATING AND SOLVENTS         WASTES, WHICH EVENTUALLY REACHED THE GROUND WATER AS A       RESULT OF PAST WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. THESE WASTES      ARE PRESENT IN GROUND WATER, AND THE CONTAMINATION HAS       MOVED AT LEAST 1/2 MILE FROM THE SPARTON FACILITY.           TO ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, EPA AND SPARTON       SIGNED AN AGREEMENT IN 1988, REQUIRING SPARTON TO INVEST-    IGATE THE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION AND EVALUATE THE        CLEANUP ALTERNATIVES. THE AGREEMENT ALSO REQUIRED SPARTON    TO INSTALL AND OPERATE AN ON-SITE GROUND WATER CLEANUP       SYSTEM.                                                      EPA SELECTED THE REMEDY TO ADDRESS GROUND WATER AND SOIL     CONTAMINATION ON JUN. 24, 1996 AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO NEGO-    TIATE THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTING THE SELECTED    REMEDY. NEGOTIATIONS WERE TERMINATED ON AUG. 7, 1996,        WHEN SPARTON FILED A COMPLAINT IN

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