# JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS, DUBUQUE, IA
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `43162`
- **Case Number:** 07-1988-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $90K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DEERE & COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS ( JDDW ) IS LOCATED ABOUT TWO   AND ONE-HALF MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE, IOWA AT THE CONFLUENCE  OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVERS.  THE 1,447   ACRE FACILITY WHICH INCLUDES MORE THAN 5,000,000 SQUARE FEET OF FACTORY SPACE HAS BEEN USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF INDUS- TRIAL AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT SINCE 1946 UP TO THE PRESENT.  THE COMPANY DISPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 TONS OF SOLVENTS,    PAINT SLUDGES, ACIDES, HEAVY METALS AND CYANIDE IN AN OLD    ON-SITE LANDFILL UP TO ABOUT 1974.  PART OF THE OLD LANDFILL IS NOW COVERED BY EXPANSIONS OF THE PLANT BUILDING.  THE     GROUNDWATER UNDER THE FACILITY IS CONTAMINATED WITH 1,1,1-   TRICHLOROETHENE, TRICHLOROETHENE, BENZENE, NITRATE, CHROMIUM IRON AND MANGANESE.                                          THE SITE SCORED 34.95 UNDER EPA'S HAZARD RANKING SYSTEM (A   SCORE OF 28.5 IS SUFFICIENT TO PLACE A SITE ON THE NPL).  ON 9/18/85, IT WAS PROPOED TO BE ADDED TO EPA'S NPL, WHICH WAS  PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.                           IN THE 6/24/88 FEDERAL REGISTER, EPA ANNOUNCED ITS INTEN-    TIONS TO TAKE THE JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE SITE OFF THE PROPOSED   NPL LIST BECAUSE IT IS A TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR DISPOSAL     FACILITY SUBJECT TO CORRECTIVE ACTION AUTHORITIES OF RCRA.   REGION VII WILL CONTINUE TO HANDLE THE SITE AS A SUPERFUND   LEAD AND WILL SEEK A CONSENT RD/RA UNDER SUPERFUND.          ON 9/29/86, THE EPA REGION VII REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR AND    DEERE AND COMPANY ENTERED INTO A CON

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