# ROCKWALL MERCURY SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39240`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0575
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MIKE FARR (settlement)
- ROBERT J. SCHREIBER (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 104(E)(5) AND 106(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EN-       VIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF     1980, AS AMENDED ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 9604(E)      (5) AND 9606(A).                                          2. ROCKWALL MERCURY SITE                                        3909 MEDITERRANEAN                                           ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS 75087                       RESPONDENTS: MIKE FARR AND ROBERT J. SCHRIEBER            3. AS A RESULT OF BEING CONTACTED BY THE TENANT OF THE PROP-    ERTY, EPA AND THE AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE    REGISTRY (ATSDR) LEARNED THAT AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF MER-    CURY HAD APPARENTLY BEEN RELEASED IN THE VICINITY OF THE     PROPERTY'S GARAGE. AIR SAMPLING CONDUCTED AT THE SITE        CONFIRMED THIS REPORT. ATSDR CONSIDERED THE LEVELS OF        MERCURY DETECTED DURING THE AIR SAMPLING TO CONSTITUTE AN    IMMEDIATE PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT. THE DIRECTOR OF THE SUP-     ERFUND DIVISION, EPA REGION 6, HAS APPROVED VERBALLY, THE    INITIATION OF A CLASSIC EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION TO AD-      DRESS CONDITIONS AT THE SITE. THERE ARE ACTUAL OR THREAT-    ENED RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, CONTAMINANTS AND/     OR POLLUTANTS AT THE SITE. ON EPA VISITS, MERCURY HAS        BEEN VISIBLE ON THE GROUND IN THE GARAGE AND DRIVEWAY        AREA. MERCURY PRESENTS A HEALTH THREAT TO VISITORS AND       RESIDENTS AT THE SITE, AND IF NOT CONTAINED AND PROPERLY     DISPOSED OF MAY BE TRACKED OR OTH

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