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FREEMAN INDUSTRIES

Judicial · FY1994 · — · Default Order, No Penalty · 4927

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Case

Case Number
02-1994-0013
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Default Order, No Penalty
DOJ Docket
_90-11-2-980
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

*******FACILITY****** FREEMAN INDUSTRIES 100 MARBLEDALE ROAD TUCKAHOE, NY 10707 ********************* OWNERSHIP: PRIVATE ********************* MANUFACTURE VITAMINS AND FOOD ADDITIVES. DURING THE COURSE OF A SITE ASSESSMENT ON NOVEMBER 16, 1993, EPA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATOR DISCOVERED EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER HIGHLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HAPHAZARDLY STORED IN THOUSANDS OF CONTAINERS IN VARIOUS STRUCTURES AT A VITAMIN AND FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY IN TUCKAHOE, NEW YORK. EPA REQUESTED THAT RESPONDENTS, THE SITE OWNERS AND OPERATOR, GRANT ACCESS SO THAT EPA MIGHT PERFORM REMOVAL ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE. ACCESS WAS GRANTED BY RESPONDENTS ON NOVEMBER 18, 1993 AND REVOKED ON NOVEMBER 21, 1993. ON NOVEMBER 23, 1993 EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER CERCLA/104(E) DIRECTING RESPONDENTS TO COMPLY WITH EPA'S REQUEST FOR ACCESS. ON DECEMBER 1, 1993, RESPONDENTS VIOLATED THE ORDER BY BARRING EPA FROM THE SITE. PURSUANT TO AN ORAL REFERRAL MADE BY EPA ON DECEMBER 1, 1993, EPA SOUGHT A WARRANT OF ENT RY FROM A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WHICH WAS GRANTED ON DECEMBER 3, 1993, AND ALSO SOUGHT JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER. THE WARRA

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