# FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, ST. JOSEPH, MO
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `44807`
- **Case Number:** 07-1993-0380
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $274K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SHELL CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. OLD INSECTICIDE PLANT SITE     ( THE SITE ) IS LOCATED IN A HEAVILY INDUSTRIALIZED AREA OF  ST. JOSEPH, MO, ON THE EASTERN BANK OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.   THE THREE-ACRE SITE WAS UTILIZED FOR OVER TWENTY (20) YEARS  AS A PESTICIDE FORMULATION FACILITY.  AS A RESULT OF THE     FORMULATION ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED AT THE SITE, SURFACE SOILS  AT THE SITE WERE CONTAMINATED WITH APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN     (16) DIFFERENT PESTICIDES.  THE PESTICIDES MOST COMMONLY     ENCOUNTERED WERE ALDRIN, DIELDRIN, CHLORDANE, HEPTACHLOR,    AND 4,4'-DDT.                                                UNDER THE TERMS OF TWO CONSENT ORDERS, FARMLAND INDUSTRIES,  INC. ( FARMLAND ) COMPLETED THE NECESSARY RESPONSE ACTIONS   AT THE SITE, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CAP OVER        CONTAMINATED SOILS AT THE SITE. NO FURTHER RESPONSE ACTIONS  ARE PLANNED.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CAP WILL BE   PERFORMED BY FARMLAND.                                       THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( EPA )    HAS INCURRED COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $320,810.00 FOR SITE     INVESTIGATIONS, SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT AND       REVIEW OF PLANS, OVERSIGHT OF RESPONSE ACTIONS PERFORMED BY  FARMLAND, AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.  FARMLAND HAS PAID     $33,073.10 FOR OVERSIGHT COSTS INCURRED BY EPA.  THE         PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION WILL SEEK THE RECOVERY OF              APPROXIMATELY $287,763.90 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS FROM        FARMLAND, BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILRO

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