# CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(SEALAND)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9658`
- **Case Number:** 03-1984-0029
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $1.30M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHEM-CLEAR (complaint) (settlement)
- CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION (CONRAIL) (complaint) (settlement)
- COOPER CREEK CHEMICAL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- OIL INDUSTRIES INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PENN FUEL GAS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS (complaint) (settlement)
- PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SEALAND LTD. (complaint) (settlement)
- WASHINGTON POST COMPANY ET AL (complaint) (settlement)
- WAYNE HAWKINS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

=> THE SEALAND SITE IS LOCATED ON A 2 ACRE TRACT OF     LAND OWNED BY CONRAIL IN MT. PLEASANT, NEW CASTLE COUNTY,DE. TO THE EAST, WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SITE, THERE ARE INDIVID-  UAL RESIDENCES WITHIN 100 YDS OF THE SITE, ALL OF WHICH      HAVE GROUNDWATER WELLS TO SUPPLY DRINKING WATER.                  => IN 1983 MEMBERS OF EPA'S RESPONSE TEAM, UPON ARRIV-  ING AT THE SITE, OBSERVED DRUMS & TANKS LEAKING VARIOUS      WASTE OILS & CREOSOLS ON THE GROUND. MANY OF THOSE SUBSTANCE S WERE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND IN THE SOILS NEAR THE LEAKING      CONTAINERS.                                                       => ROGER MEYER, AN EPA OSC WHO IS ALSO A CHEMIST, HAS   DETERMINED THAT THE GENERATORS' RESPECTIVE WASTE OILS/CREO-  SOLS CONTAINED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IDENTIFIED THAT WERE FOU ND IN THE LEAKING DRUMS & TANKS & IN THE SOIL ON THE SITE.        => AN EPA HYDROGEOLOGIST CONCLUDES THAT THE SITE'S      GROUNDWATER NOW CONTAINS MANY OF THOSE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES  & IS LIKELY TO FLOW IN THE DIRECTION OF THE GROUNDWATER      DRINKING WATER WELLS OF A TRAILER PARK 1/4 MILE NORTH OF     THE SITE.                                                         => IN RESPONSE TO THE RELEASE & THREATENED RELEASE OF   HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE SITE, EPA HAS INCURRED REMOVAL   COSTS OF AT LEAST $714,639.98

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