# SEAFAB METAL CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54113`
- **Case Number:** 10-1987-0083
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $62K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AKA J-T PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- AKA SEATTLE LEAD PRODUCTS INC
- SEAFAB METAL CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

GROUNDWATER AND SOIL CONTAMINATION INVESTIGATORY ORDER       AT A FORMER LEAD SMELTER SITE.                               CASE OPENED ORC REGION 10 9/29/86;  CASE OPENED ENFORCEMENT  DOCKET 9/18/87.                                              *                                                              SEAFAB FACILITY IS LOCATED ON HARBOR ISLAND, AN INDUSTRIAL AREA WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SEATTLE, WA.  HARBOR ISLAND   IS SURROUNDED BY WATER, AS IT IS LCOATED IN THE PUGET        SOUND, ABOUT 1 MILE FROM DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.  THE SEAFAB SITE  IS A FORMER LEAD SMELTER AND REFINERY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY    USED AS A LEAD FABRICATION OPERATION.                          THE FACILITY MAINTAINED SEVERAL REGULATED WASTE PILES AND  ONE SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER NON-       REGULATED UNITS WHICH CONTAINED HAZARDOUS WASTE.  THE PILES  WERE CLOSED THROUGH REMOVAL OF WASTES, AND THE SURFACE       IMPOUNDMENT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING CLOSURE.  ALL OF THE     UNITS WHICH CONTAINED OR CONTAIN HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SEVERAL REPORTED SPILLS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE HAVE CONTAMINATED THE     SITE SEVERELY.  GROUNDWATER BENEATH THE SITE AT ABOUT 10     FEET DISCHARGES TO THE DUWAMISH RIVER, A MAJOR SALMON        MIGRATION RIVER, AND THE PUGET SOUND.  SURFACE WATER RUNOFF  IS DISCHARGED INTO THE LOCAL STORM SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH ALSO  DISCHARGES DIRECTLY TO THE PUGET SOUND.                        EPA BEGAN INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO,     WHEN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPT OF

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