# CHEMICAL HANDLING CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50518`
- **Case Number:** 08-1996-0058
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHEMICAL HANDLING CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- ROGER MELICHAR (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

AFTER CEASING OPERATIONS AT THE SITE IN 2/92, CHC DISMISSED  ALL FACILITY EMPLOYEES, RENDERING ACCESS TO THE SITE COM-    PLETELY UNRESTRICTED.  DUE TO THE LACK OF SECURITY AND THE   PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, THE SITE POSED AN EXTREME  DANGER TO CHILDREN AND OTHERS ENTERING THE SITE.  ADDITION-  ALLY, THE SITE POSED A SIGNIFICANT FIRE AND SAFETY HAZARD    IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT HOUSED THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF  FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.  IT WAS    DETERMINED THAT A FIRE AT THE FACILITY COULD HAVE RESULTED   IN LARGE AND NUMEROUS EXPLOSIONS WITH THE RELEASE OF TOXIC   FUMES DRIFTING THROUGHOUT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

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