# Desoto, Inc. et al. - SWOPE OIL & CHEMICAL CO SUPERFUND SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4487`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0136
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $1.30M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLIED SERVICES, INC
- ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA
- ALUMINUM SHAPES INC
- ANGLO-AMERICAN VARNISH CO
- ARMCO STEEL CORP
- BANKS, JOSEPH
- BERKLEY PRODUCTS CO
- BETHLEHEM STEEL COPR
- C.J. OSBORN CHEMICALS, INC
- CALLAHAN CHEMICAL CO
- CAMDEN PAINT & LACQUER CO
- CHAMBERLAIN MFG CORP
- CHAPMAN INDUSTRIAL FINISHES, INC
- CLEMENT COVERALL CO
- CONSUMER POWER CO
- COSDEN CHEMICAL COATINGS CORP
- DENTON PLASTIC PRODUCTS CORP
- DESOTO, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- DRESSER INDUSTRIES
- E.F. HOUGHTON & CO (complaint) (settlement)
- E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO (complaint) (settlement)
- ERIE FOUNDRY
- FINNAREN & HALEY, INC
- FIRESTONE
- FORD MOTOR CO
- FRUEHAUF CORP
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP
- GEORGE SENN, INC
- GILBERT SPRUANCE CO
- HENRY G. THOMPSON CO
- HUNTINGTON ALLOYS, INC
- INGERSOL RAND
- ITT FLUID PRODUCTS CORP
- JAMESBURY CORP
- JESSOP STEEL CO
- JOSEPH BANCROFT & SONS CO
- JULIAN B. SLEVIN CO
- JULIUS PASQUARIELLO/BERG LABORATORIES
- LAWRENCE MCFADDEN C/O SCHNADER HARRISON
- LILLY INDUSTRIAL COATINGS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- MCCLOSKEY VARNISH CO. C/O BALLARD, SPAH (complaint) (settlement)
- METALLURGICAL PROCESSING, INC
- MINNESOTA MINING & MFG CO (complaint) (settlement)
- MOTOROLA INC
- MUELLER CO
- NEWS AMERICA PUBLICATIONS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- NL INDUSTRIES, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- NORTH AMERICAN PHILLIPS LIGHTING CORP
- OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP
## Summary

CASE REGARDING THE SWOPE OIL & CHEMICAL SUPERFUND SITE IN PENNSAUKEN TOWNSHIP, CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, UNDER CERCLA 106A.  NEGOTIATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION (RD/RA) FOR THE SECOND OPERABLE UNIT AT THE SITE.  INSOFAR AS THE PRPS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING WORK AT THE SITE SINCE APPROXIMATELY 1984, THE REGION BELIEVES THAT NEGOTIATIONS TO ENTER INTO A CONSENT DECREE FOR THESE PURPOSES WILL BE       SUCCESSFUL.

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