EPA v. CHS Holding Corp.

Case summary

This is a judicial consent decree which concludes a cost recovery case brought under Section 107 of CERCLA. The Settling Defendant is the owner of the Superfund Site. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the Settling Defendant will sell the Site Property and pay the United States 100% of the net proceeds of the sale. A supplemental referral was sent to the Department of Justice on September 23, 2014. On March 23, 2020, the land was sold, allowing the Site property to immediately go back into productive reuse by a St. Croix construction company. As part of the sale, EPA received over $124,000, as required by the consent decree. EPA was pursuing enforcement of the CD, when in November 2019, it was contacted by the purchaser. EPA moved quickly to approve the terms of sale and provided the purchaser with both a Comfort Letter and a Release of Notice of Federal Lien.

Defendants (1)

• CHS HOLDING CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ISLAND CHEMICAL CORP/VIRGIN ISLANDS CHEMICAL CORP.

  MELVIN-EVANS HIGHWAY (ROUTE 66), CHRISTIANSTED, VI, 00820

  Registry ID: 110009316454

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107L — Lien
• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CHS Holding Corp.entered 2003-08-21

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1993-07-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1993-09-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1994-10-21Complaint Filed With Court
• 2003-04-24Final Order Lodged
• 2003-08-21Final Order Entered
• 2014-09-23Supplemental Referral-Other
• 2020-03-23Enforcement Action Closed