# FINDETT CORPORATION (HAYFORD BRIDGE ROAD G/W SITE)
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Litigated No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `43378`
- **Case Number:** 07-1989-0030
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CADMUS CORPORATION
- FINDETT CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE F/HBRGW SITE CONSISTS OF PROPERTIES OWNED AND OPERATED   UPON BY THE DEFENDANT, THE CADMUS CORPORATION AND AREAS      BENEATH SAID PROPERTIES AND NEARBY PROPERTIES TO WHICH THE   PLUME OF CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER HAS SPREAD.  THE SITE IS  LOCATED IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MISSOURI, 25 MILES WEST OF    ST. LOUIS AND THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF THE THE CITY OF       ST. CHARLES AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF CAMPVILLE.  THE ELM     POINT WELL FIELD, THE CADMUS CORPORATION FACILITY LIES       ADJACENT TO, SOUTH OF, AND HYDROLOGICALLY UPGRADIENT TO      DEFENDANT'S PROPERTY.  THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION, LIES APPROXIMATELY 1800   FEET NORTHEAST OF DEFENDANT'S PROPERTY AND PROVIDES A POR-   TION OF THE POTABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF ST. CHARLES AND SURROUNDING AREAS.                                       THE EPA AND THE MDNR BEGAN INVESTIGATIONS IN 1974, UPON      DISCOVERY THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS INVOLVED IN THE REPROCESS-  ING OR TREATMENT OF WASTES, SOME OF WHICH WERE CONTAMINATED  WITH PCBS.                                                   BEGINNING IN 1962, WHEN DEFENDANT INITIATED ITS OPERATIONS   AS THE FINDETT SERVICES COMPANY, THE DEFENDANT RECYCLED,     REPROCESSED OR TREATED HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS, HYDRAULIC       FLUIDS, SOLVENTS AND PLATINUM CATALYSTS FOR VARIOUS INDUS-   TRIES.  DEFENDANT DISCONTINUED THE REPROCESSING OF MATERIALS CONTAINING PCBS AT CONCENTRATIONS OF GREATER THAN 50 PPM IN  1974.                               

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