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MURRAY SMELTER SITE

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 51071

Penalty
$15K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
08-1998-0169
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS IS AN AGREEMENT AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE. CHIMNEY RIDGE L.C. IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THE ON-FACILITY PORTION OF THE SITE AND WILL INCLUDE MOVIE THEATERS, RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS, A MEDICAL COMPLEX, AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES. MURRAY SMELTER, WHICH CONTINUED OPERATION THROUGH 1949, LEFT LARGE AMOUNTS OF ARSENIC AND LEAD IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE SOILS AND CONTAMINATED THE SHALLOW AQUIFER WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC. EPA'S RISK ASSESSMENT INDICATES THAT USES ENTAILING LONG-TERM DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CONTAMINATED SOIL OR INGESTION OF THE CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER COULD PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH. IN CONSIDERATION OF AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THE U.S. COVENANT NOT TO SUE, RESPONDENT'S AGREE TO PAY EPA $15,000.

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