# BATTERY EXCHANGE (CERCLA), CLEAR LAKE, IA
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1993 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `44744`
- **Case Number:** 07-1993-0272
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BATTERY EXCHANGE, INC. (complaint)
- GARY THARP (complaint)
- JOMI INVESTMENTS (complaint)
## Summary

THIS IS A REMOVAL ACTION INVOLVING A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN  CLEAR LAKE, IOWA, NEAR A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NOT FAR    FROM THE LAKE.  AFTER ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE A CONSENT      ORDER WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE OPERATOR OF THE FORMER BATTERY EXCHANGE FACILITY, EPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL           ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FOR CLEANUP OF THE SITE ON 6/29/93.  IF COMPLIANCE IS NOT FORTHCOMING, EPA WILL CONDUCT A REMOVAL.   THE ACTION MEMO WAS SIGNED IN FEBRUARY 1993.  THE PRIMARY    CONTAMINANT IS LEAD.

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