# SEABOARD FARMS, INC., SHAWNEE FUNDING ITD. PARTNERSHIP, PIC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41866`
- **Case Number:** 06-2002-1247
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PIC USA, INC. (settlement)
- SEABOARD FARMS, INC. (settlement)
- SHAWNEE FUNDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1431(A) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ),     42 U.S.C. SECTION 300I(A).                                2. SEABORD FARMS, INC.                                          SHAWNEE FUNDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP                          PIC USA, INC.                                                SEE SCREEN 4 FOR THE FACILITIES.                          3. RESPONDENTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INTRODUCTION TO AN       UNDERGROUND SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER OF NITRATE. THE CON-    TAMINANT INTRODUCED BY THE RESPONDENTS IS PRESENT OR         LIKELY TO ENTER AN UNDERGROUND SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER.     BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE, EPA DETERMINES THAT RESPONDENTS'    INTRODUCTION OF A CONTAMINANT, WHICH ENTERED A USDW, MAY     PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO THE      HEALTH OF PERSONS. NITRATE CONTAMINATION IN THE SOIL AND     GROUND WATER AT THE FACILITY AND IN THE VICINITY WILL        CONTINUE TO THREATEN HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.       EPA FINDS THAT THERE MAY BE AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL      RISK OF HARM TO PEOPLE DRINKING WATER FROM WELLS CONTAMI-    NATED BY THE RESPONDENTS.                                 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1431 OF THE SDWA, EPA      ISSUED AN AMENDED EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO     THE RESPONDENTS. THE ACTIONS REQUIRED BY THE AO ARE          NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS WHO ARE CUR-      RENTLY CONSUMING OR WHO MAY CONSUME OR USE WATER FROM THE    CONTAMINATED PORTION OF THE SURFI

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