# ROWE INDUSTRIES
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4565`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0216
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $494K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NABISCO, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ROWE INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
- SAG HARBOR INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ROWE INDUSTRIES SUPERFUND SITE IN THE VILLAGE OF SAG HARBOR, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK.  DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993, THE REGION EXPECTS TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A CONSENT DECREE UNDER SECTIONS 107A AND 113B OF THE           COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT, AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 9607A AND      9613B, FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE SITE. FROM THE 1950'S THROUGH THE EARLY 1960'S THE SITE WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY ROWE INDUSTRIES INC.  DURING THAT TIME ROWE MANUFACTURED SMALL ELECTRIC MOTORS AND TRANSFORMERS.  DURING THIS PROCESS, CHLORINATED SOLVENTS  WERE USED TO DEGREASE OIL-COATED METALS.  WASTE SOLVENTS  WERE DISCHARGED FROM TWO TANKS IN THE BUILDING INTO CESSPOOLS AND/OR THROUGH A CONNECTING PIPE TO AN OPEN FIELD. THE PLANT AND THE PROPERTY ON WHICH IT IS LOCATED WAS SOLD BY NABISCO IN 1980 TO SAG HARBOR INDUSTRIES, INC., A COMPANY WHICH MANUFACTURES ELECTRONIC PARTS.  THE SMALL ELECTRONIC PARTS ARE CURRENTLY CLEANED WITH FREON 113. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE SAG HARBOR AREA IN 1983.  THE SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPT. OF HEALTH SERVICES SAMPLED WATER FROM A PRIVATE WELL AND REVEALED  CONTAMINATION BY THREE SOLVENTS, 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE (TCA) 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE) AND TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (PCE), AND IRON. EPA SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THAT A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF HARM TO HUMAN HEALTH EXISTED AT THE SITE AND ISSUED AN ACTION MEMORANDUM WHICH AUTHORIZED A

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