# CHEMICAL COMMODITIES, INC.,/JERALD GERSHON, OLATHE, KS
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `43846`
- **Case Number:** 07-1990-0327
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHEMICAL COMMODITIES, INC. (complaint)
- GERSHON, JERALD (complaint)
## Summary

DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1951 UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1989,        CHEMICAL COMMODITIES, INC. ENGAGED IN THE FORMULATION OF     PESTICIDES, RECLAMATION OF SPENT SOLVENTS, AND THE PURCHASE  FOR RESALE, STORAGE AND REPACKAGING OF A WIDE VARIETY OF     PRODUCTS, INCLUDING PESTICIDES, FOOD PRODUCTS, PRECRIPTION   AND NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, COSMETICS, LABORATORY AND        INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, AT A SITE     LOCATED AT 300-320 SOUTH BLAKE STREET, OLATHE, KANSAS.       THE SPILLAGE AND/OR LEAKAGE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HANDLED  AND STORED AT THE SITE HAS RESULTED IN SOIL AND GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION.  THE MAJOR SOIL CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE ARE  VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.  THE MOST PREVALENT GROUND WATER CONTAMINANT IS TRICHLOROETHENE.  OTHER MAJOR CONTAMINANTS    WHICH HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN THE GROUNDWATER INCLUDE          1,1-DICHLOROETHANE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE,                      1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE, CARBON TETRACHLORIDE,                 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE, TETRACHLOROETHENE, AND                   1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE.  AIR TOXICS STUDIES ALSO INDICATE THAT THE SITE IS A SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION.  A REMOVAL       ACTION WAS COMMENCED AT THE SITE IN JULY, 1989.  THE SITE IS OWNED BY CCI.  JERALD GERSHON IS THE SOLE OFFICER, DIRECTOR  AND STOCKHOLDER OF CCI.                                         IN DECEMBER, 1988, CERCLA FUNDS WERE EXPENDED IN          CONNECTION WITH THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS        SUBSTANCES (1,100 POUNDS OF AMMONIUM

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