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METAL BANK OF AMERICA

Judicial · FY1980 · — · Combined With Another Case(s) · 9029

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Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1980-0007
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Combined With Another Case(s)
DOJ Docket
90-7-1-17
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (4)

Summary

UNION CORP, METAL BANK OF AMER., PHILADELPHIA, PA, FILED 4/23/80, CIVIL ACTION #80-1589, US DIST CT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PA. UNION CORP & METAL BANK OWN & OPERATE A DISPOSAL SITE ON THE BANK OF THE DELAWARE RIVER ON COTTMAN AVE IN PHILA. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT THE DEFENDANTS USED THE SITE TO DRAIN TRANSFORMERS CONTAINING PCB CONTAMINATED OIL, & SORTED THE WASTE OIL ON-SITE. ACCRDING TO THE COMPLAINT, SOIL, GRNWTR, & SURFACE WTR CONTAMINATIONN BY PCB'S HAS RESULTED FROM THE DEFENDANT'S STORAGE ACTIVITIES. COMPLAINT ASSERTS THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE DEFENDANTS DRAINED THE TRANSFORMERS OF OIL & PCB CONTENTS INTO AN UNDERGRND STORAGE TANK. THE PCB'S WERE ALLOWED TO LEAK FROM THE TANK INTO A LAYER OF FILL WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE SITE. ACCRDNG TO THE COMPLAINT, THERE ARE NOW POOLS OF OIL & PCBS IN THE SOIL BENEATH THE SITE. AS A RESULT, THE COMPLAINT ASSERTS, THE GRNDWTR UNDER THE SITE HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED W/ THE PCB'S. THE SUIT ALLEGES THAT PCB'S ARE IN OIL & WATER LAYERS UNDER THE SITE. IN 1980, THE UNITED STATES FILED A COMPLAINT, REFERENCED ABOVE, AGAINST THE SITE OWNERS UNDER RCRA, TSCA AND THE REFUSE ACT. IN AUGUST 1983, THE UNITED STATES AND METAL BANK SIGNED A STIPULATION, ENTERED BY THE COURT IN DECEMBER 1983, THAT REQUIRED METAL BANK TO INSTALL AND OPERATE A GROUNDWATER RECOVERY AND TREATMENT

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