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ODESSA DRUM SUPERFUND SITE, THE - ALPHA INTERMEDIATES, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 39164

Penalty
$155K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0498
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 112(H)(1) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RE- SPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS A- MENDED ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9622(H)(1). 2. THE ODESSA DRUM SUPERFUND SITE EAST OF THE CORNER OF ALICE AND JUDY STREETS ODESSA, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS 79762 RESPONDENT: ALPHA INTERMEDIATES, INC. 3. THE SITE, WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF AN INACTIVE DRUM RE- CYCLING OPERATION, IS ABANDONED AND WAS DISCOVERED BY EPA TO CONTAINED THOUSANDS OF DRUMS, TANKS AND OTHER STORAGE CONTAINERS CONTAINING LIQUID, SOLID, AND SLUDGE WASTE MATERIALS, ALL OF WHICH CONTAINED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED RELEASE OR THREATENED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND BECAUSE OF THE IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR WELFARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, DUE THE CONDITIONS AT THE SITE, EPA CONDUCTED TWO REMOVAL ACTIONS. AS OF NOV. 4, 1998, TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE RESPONSE ACTION AT THE SITE WERE ESTIMATED AT $7,063,989. OF THIS AMOUNT, A TOTAL OF $4,413,732.67 WAS PAID FROM A REIM- BURSABLE ACCOUNT FUNDED PURSUANT TO EPA SETTLEMENTS WITH DE MINIMIS AND MAJOR PARTIES. EPA HAS RECOVERED AN ADDI- TIONAL $2,114,240.69 DIRECTLY FROM SETTLING PARTIES. TAK- ING THESE FIGURES INTO ACCOUNT LEAVES APPROXIMATELY $536,015.64 THAT EPA INCURRED AS

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