# INDUSTRIAL HARD CHROME PLATING SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51058`
- **Case Number:** 08-1998-0156
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- 919 SANTA FE PROPERTIES, LLC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PROPERTY BEGAN OPERATIONS AS INDUSTRIAL HARD CHROME      PLATING IN JULY 1964.  THESE METAL PLATING OPERATIONS        RESULTED IN A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE           IDENTIFIED AS CHROMIUM, NICKEL, LEAD, HYDROCHLORIC ACID,     NITRIC ACID, SULFURIC ACID, CHROMIC ACID, SODIUM             HYDROXIDE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE.  OPERATIONS AT THE SITE     CEASED IN 1994.  THE FIRST REMOVAL ACTION HAS BEEN           COMPLETED AND INCLUDED STABILIZATION OF THE SITE WITH A      FENCE, SEGREGATION OF INCOMPATIBLE CHEMICALS, CATEGORIZATION OF UNKNOWN WASTES, TRANSFER OF THE CONTENTS OF TANKS FOR     BULK WASTE SHIPMENTS, DECONTAMINATION OF THE FACILITY AND    EQUIPMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE, CONTAMINATED SOIL AND       DEBRIS AT A RCRA-APPROVED LANDFILL.  A SECOND REMOVAL ACTION WAS COMMENCED BECAUSE SUBSEQUENT SAMPLING INDICATED THAT THE BUILDING ITSELF HAD CONTINUED TO LEACH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED AND THE RECONTAMINATED SOIL OUTSIDE THE BUILDING HAS BEEN EXCAVATED.  EXCAVATED AREAS    WERE RESTORED WITH CLEAN SOIL AND HAVE BEEN REGRADED.          SETTLING RESPONDENT AGREES TO PAY TO EPA $2,500 FOR        CONSIDERATION OF AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THE US COVENANT NOT TO  SUE.

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