# PACIFIC HIDE & FUR DEPOT, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `55158`
- **Case Number:** 10-1995-0069
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY (complaint)
- ANR FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC. (complaint)
- CATE-IDAHO EQUIPMENT COMPANY (complaint)
- FMC (complaint)
- J.R. SIMPLOT (complaint)
- MCCARTY'S, INC. (complaint)
- MONSANTO (complaint)
- PACIFIC FRUIT EXPRESS COMPANY (complaint)
- PACIFIC HIDE & FUR DEPOT, INC. (complaint)
- TERTELING COMPANY (complaint)
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (complaint)
- WILLIAM MCCARTY (complaint)
## Summary

THE SITE WAS FORMERLY USED FOR METAL SALVAGING           OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE PROCESSING OF TRANSFORMERS,        CAPACITORS, AND BATTERIES.  RESIDUAL OIL, CONTAMINATED WITH  PCBS, WAS ALLOWED TO DRAIN DIRECTLY ONTO THE GROUND,         CONTAMINATING SOILS.  BATTERIES DISCARDED THROUGHOUT THE     SITE. WIDESPREAD SOIL LEAD CONTAMINATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.     THE PCB CONTAMINATION WAS REMEDIATED IN THE INITIAL      OPERABLE UNIT. REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES WERE COMPLETED PURSUANT   TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WITH ONE OF THE PRPS, IDAHO POWER COMPANY.                                                         SIGNIFICANT LEAD CONTAMINATION WAS DISCOVERED DURING     REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PCBS.  EPA CONDUCTED THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR LEAD    FOLLOWING UNSUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS.                             THE PROPOSED REMEDIAL ACTION DESCRIBED IN THE            PRE-REFERRAL LITIGATION REPORT INCLUDES REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF ALL LEAD CONTAMINATED SOILS THAT EXCEED 1,000 PPM.        INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ASSURE THAT THE   LAND USE REMAINS INDUSTRIAL.  THE PROJECTED COST OF THE      REMEDIAL ACTION IS APPROXIMATELY $5.1 MILLION.                   BOTH A CRIMINAL AND A CIVIL ACTION WERE FILED BY THE     UNITED STATES ON BEHALF OF EPA IN MARCH 1983, FOLLOWING      DISCOVERY OF THE PCB CONTAMINATION.  THE CIVIL ACTION        REMAINS OPEN.  THE NAMED DEFENDANTS DO NOT, HOWEVER, INCLUDE THE NINE LEAD GENERATORS THAT HAVE BEEN 

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