# AURUM ETCHING SUPERFUND SITE - COLTEC HOLDING, INC. (BF GOOD
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39917`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0290
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $34K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COLTEC HOLDING, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 104, 106, AND 122 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRON-     MENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980      ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 9604, 9606,       AND 9622.                                                 2. AURUM ETCHING SUPERFUND SITE                                 601 E. WALNUT CIRCLE                                         GARLAND, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75040                       3. THE SITE IS A FORMER ELECTROPLATING FACILITY. THE SITE       WAS ONCE USED SPECIFICALLY AS A GUN AND KNIFE ETCHING OP-    ERATION. THE SITE HAS APPROXIMATELY 20 55-GALLON DRUMS       CONTAINING ACIDS, TRIETHANE, CAUSTIC SODA AND VARIOUS        COATING MATERIALS. THE SITE ALSO CONTAINS NUMEROUS SMALL-    ER CONTAINERS/PAILS CONTAINING ACID COPPER AGENTS, COR-      ROSIVE LIQUIDS, COPPER CYANIDE, POISONS, COMBUSTIBLE SIL-    ICONE COATINGS, FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND VARIOUS CONTAINERS     WITH UNKNOWN WHITE POWDERS. LABELING ON CERTAIN DRUMS/       CONTAINERS INDICATE THAT THE CONTENTS ARE FLAMMABLE OR       CORROSIVE.                                                   A RELEASE OR THREATENED RELEASE OF A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE     INTO THE ENVIRONMENT IS POTENTIALLY OCCURRING AT THE         SITE. MANY OF THE DRUMS AND CONTAINERS HAVE POOR INTEGRI-    TY, OR ARE NOT SEALED, OR ARE DAMAGE AND DETERIORATING.      THERE IS EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL SPILLAGE FROM THE DRUMS.       DRUMS MAY RELEASE THEIR ENTIRE CONTENTS INTO THE ENVIRON-    MENT IF A RESPONSE ACTION DOES NO

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