# IRVING I. ELLIS
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4694`
- **Case Number:** 02-1993-0054
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- IRVING I. ELLIS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

EPA REGION II REFERRED IRVING ELLIS, AS AN OWNER AND         OPERATOR AT ELLIS PROPERTY SUPERFUND SITE, BURLINGTON        COUNTY, NJ, TO DOJ FOR RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY             $1.4 MILLION IN PAST COST INCURRED BY EPA RELATING TO THE    REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY.THE ELLIS           PROPERTY WAS USED AS DRUM STORAGE AND RECONDITIONING         OPERATION. SOIL AND GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION APPEARS       TO BE A RESULT OF DISCHARGES FROM PAST OPERATIONS ON THE     SITE AND SPILLS AND LEAKS FROM CORRODED DRUMS CONTAINING     HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.                                        A RI/FS FOR THE SITE WAS CONDUCTED BY THE NJ DEPARTMENT      OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY, PURSUANT TO          A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. DURING THE RI/FS, NJDEPE REQUESTED  THAT EPA CONDUCT A DRUM REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE. IN MAY   1989 EPA'S CONTRACTOR MOBILIZED THE SITE, CONDUCTED THE DRUM REMOVAL, AND DEMOBILIZED FROM THE SITE ON APRIL 17, 1990.    THIS ACTION WAS FUNDED BY EPA AND WAS PERFORMED UNDER EPA'S  REMOVAL AUTHORITY. THE RI/FS WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL 1992     EPA SELECTED A REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE SITE WHICH IS         DOCUMENTED IN A RECORD OF DECISION ( ROD ) ISSUED ON         SEPTEMBER 30, 1992.                                          *                                                            FACILITY NAME:  ELLIS PROPERTY                               ADDRESS:                                                     CITY & STATE:                       

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