# CHAPMAN, RICHARD - BOOMSNUB/AIRCO
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `55602`
- **Case Number:** 10-1998-0143
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $2.19M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DAPHNE HOLTGRIEVE (complaint) (settlement)
- RICHARD CHAPMAN (settlement)
## Summary

TO OBTAIN COURT-ORDERED ACCESS TO PROPERTY OWNED BY DAPHNE   HOLTGRIEVE.                                                  ACCESS IS NECESSARY FOR EPA AND DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES   TO INSTALL                                                   LONG-TERM GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELL AND TO CONDUCT OTHER   RELATED                                                      ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING POTENTIAL CONVERSION OF A MONITORING   WELL TO                                                      EXTRACTION AND INSTALLATION OF AN ADDITIONAL MONITORING      WELL.  CHROMIUM AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS RELEASED FROM AT LEAST TWO INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES HAVE CONTAMINATED THE     GROUNDWATER IN THE AREA AND THREATEN MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY  WELLS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONTAMINANT PLUME IS ON THE  PROPERTY AT ISSUE, AND EPA HAS ALREADY ISNTALLED THREE WELLS ON THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY IN AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE PLUME.  PROPERTY OWNER HAS DENIED EPA ACCESS TO INSTALL A    MONITORING WELL INSIDE THE PERIMETER.  DOJ WILL BE FILING A  MOTION IN AID OF ACCESS IN DISTRICCT COURT NEXT WEEK.

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