# GEORGE P. BISSELL CO. ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9573`
- **Case Number:** 03-1982-0055
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $781K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- E.I. DUPONT DENEMOURS AND CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GALAXY CHEMICAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MARISOL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MONTGOMERY BROTHERS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MRAZ, PAUL J. (complaint) (settlement)
- MRAZ, SALLY K. (complaint) (settlement)
- PEMIL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SQUIBH PHARMECEUTICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- W.L. GORE ASSOCIATES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- WATER, J. (complaint) (settlement)
- WYETH LABS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             APPROX 125 DRUMS OF WASTE WERE DEPOSITED IN AN          ABANDONED CLAY QUARRY NEAR NO. EAST MD., THE QUARRY IS       NOW LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL     THAT THE MOST LIKELY DATE FOR THE DRUM DISPOSAL WAS 8/69.    SINCE THE DISPOSAL, THE DRUMS HAVE BEGUN TO DETERIORATE.     THERE ARE 2 SMALL PONDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY PIT      WHICH DRAIN INTO A SMALL STREAM ADJACENT TO THE SITE. THE    STEAM RUNS THROUGH A LARGE TRAILER PARK AND EMPTIES INTO     STONEY CREEK. EPA TESTS REVEAL THAT ORGANIC CHEMICALS ARE    ENTERING THESE SURFACE WATERS FROM THE TWO SMALL PONDS.      WATER, SOIL & AIR SAMPLING SHOW THE PRESENCE OF BOTH HAL-    OGENATED AND NON-HALOGENATED ORGANIC SOLVENTS, AS WELL AS    LOW LEVELS OF PESTICIDES, WHICH CORRELATE WITH MATERIALS     FOUND IN THE DRUMS. STATE & FED PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS      HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE SITE POSES A HUMAN HEALTH RISK.          EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTION, INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF    A FILTER FENCE AND REMOVAL OF SEVERAL DRUMS, TOOK PLACE      FROM JUNE THROUGH AUGUST 1982. APPROX $44,000                CERCLA EMERGENCY MONIES WERE SPENT AT THE SITE, &            $75,250 OF OTHER FEDERAL MONIES WERE SPENT THERE. THE        STATE OF MD HAS SPENT APPROX. $86,000 IN RESPONSE ACTIVI-    TIES AT THE SITE. EPA REGION 3 HAS SUBMITTED TO HEADQUAR-    TERS A FURTHER REQUEST FOR PLANNED REMOVAL ACTIVITIES         AT THE SITE, INCLUDING REMOVAL & PROP

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