# CHEMICAL COMMODITIES, INC./ROCKWELL INT'L. CORP., OLATHE, KS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45405`
- **Case Number:** 07-1995-0187
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHEMICAL COMMODITIES, INC. (complaint)
- ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP. (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, PRESCRIPTION  AND NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, COSMETICS, LABORATORY AND        INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT A SITE      LOCATED AT 300-320 S. BLAKE ST., OLATHE, KANSAS.             THE SPILLAGE AND/OR LEAKAGE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HANDLED  AND STORED AT THE SITE HAS RESULTED IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER  CONTAMINATION.  THE MAJOR SOIL CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE ARE  VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.  THE MOST PREVALENT GROUNDWATER  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-TETRACHLOROETHAN.  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.                                      EPA HAS THUS FAR EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN        CONNECTION WITH RESPONSE ACTIONS TAKEN AT THESE SITES.       ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED TO

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