# E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, ET AL, COMMANCHE, IA
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `43163`
- **Case Number:** 07-1988-0022
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $450K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- TODTZ, LEWIS L. (complaint) (settlement)
- TODTZ, LYNN R. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE LAWRENCE TODTZ FARM SITE IS LOCATED ON THE LAWRENCE      TODTZ PROPERTY NEAR COMMANCHE, IOWA.  THE SITE OCCUPIES A    FORMER GRAVEL PIT APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES IN AREA.  THE SITE  WAS OPERATED AS A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL BETWEEN 1969 AND 1975.  E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, INC. (DUPONT), OPERATED  A CELLOPHANE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN NEARBY CLINTON, IOWA.    BETWEEN THE YEARS 1971 AND 1975, CELLOPHANE PROCESS WASTES   FROM THE CLINTON PLANT WERE DISPOSED IN A SPECIALLY          CONSTRUCTED IMPOUNDMENT OCCUPYING ABOUT 2.7 ACRES ON THE     NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE.  THE SITE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A  POTENTALLY UNCONTROLLED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE AND WAS ADDED   TO THE NPL IN 1986.  EPA INFORMED DUPONT THAT IT HAD BEEN    IDENTIFIED AS A PRP BECAUSE OF ITS PAST WASTE DISPOSAL       ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE.  PURSUANT TO A CERCLA 104/122        CONSENT ORDER BETWEEN EPA AND DUPONT, DUPONT HAS CONDEUCTED  A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/ FEASIBILITY STUDY (RI/FS) FOCUSED  ON THE IMPOUNDMENT INTO WHICH THE CELLOPHANE PROCESS WASTES  FROM ITS CLINTON PLANT WERE DISPOSED.  A ROD WAS SIGNED ON   NOVEMBER 4, 1988.  DUPONT'S CONTRACTOR SUBMITTED A FIRST     DRAFT WORK PLAN FOR THE RD/RA ON DECEMBER 19, 1988.

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