# PHARMACIA CORPORATION (INDUSTRI-PLEX SITE)
> **Judicial** · FY2008 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `600082831`
- **Case Number:** 01-2008-0504
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- BAYER CROPSCIENCE INC (complaint)
- PHARMACIA CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CERCLA CONSENT DECREE WITH PHARMACIA CORPORATION AND BAYER CROPSCIENCE INC WILL ENSURE THE SECOND PHASE OF CLEANUP ACTIONS AT THE INDUSTRI-PLEX SUPERFUND SITE IN WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS. UNDER THE SETTLEMENT THE TWO COMPANIES WILL IMPLEMENT THE ESTIMATED $25.7 MILLION CLEANUP THAT ADDRESSES SOIL, SEDIMENT, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE. THE WORK REQUIRED UNDER THE SETTLEMENT INCLUDES: DREDGING AND OFF-SITE DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; MODIFYING AN EXISTING POND AS A TREATMENT AND SEDIMENT RETENTION AREA; ESTABLISHING INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS; CONSTRUCTING WETLANDS TO COMPENSATEFOR WETLANDS IMPACTED BY THE CLEANUP; AND LONG-TERM MONITORING OF THE GROUNDWATER, SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENTS TO ENSURE THAT CLEAN P MEASURES CONTINUE TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. THE SETTLING DEFENDANTS WILL ALSO PAY EPA'S FUTURE OVERSIGHT COSTS; REMINBURSSE THE U.S. $6 MILLION WITH RESPECT TO PAST COSTS, PLUS $630,000 IN INTEREST AND PAY $1.6 MILLION IN INTERIM RESPONSE COSTS.

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