EPA v. Alco Industries, Inc. et al.

Case summary

EPA issued a Record of Decision selecting a groundwater remedy for the Site in September 2009 and a Record of Decision choosing a remedy for the soil in September 2011. On September 29, 2011, EPA issued a unilateral administrative order to the Respondents requiring them to perform the soil remedy. The soil remedy, designated as Operable Unit 2, consists of construction of a soil vapor extraction system. The Respondents are currently performing the RD/RA for the groundwater under the terms of a unilateral administrative order issued in 2010. The Operable Unit 2 soil vapor extraction system will be built by the Respondents as an extension of a soil vapor extraction system to be constructed for the groundwater remedy.

Defendants (25)

• LAXNESS Sybron Chemicals, Inc.Named in settlement
• USG CorporationNamed in settlement
• Union Carbide CorporationNamed in settlement
• Strick CorporationNamed in settlement
• Stepan CompanyNamed in settlement
• Sonoco Products CompanyNamed in settlement
• Seton CompanyNamed in settlement
• Sara Lee Household and Bodycare USANamed in settlement
• Reynolds Metals CompanyNamed in settlement
• Mannington Mills, Inc.Named in settlement
• Loos & Dilworth, Inc.Named in settlement
• United States Steel CorporationNamed in settlement
• Baxter Healthcare Corp.Named in settlement
• Bayer CropScience, Inc.Named in settlement
• Alco Industries, Inc.Named in settlement
• American Packaging CorporationNamed in settlement
• Lightman Drum CompanyNamed in settlement
• Colonial Heights Packaging Inc.Named in settlement
• Continental Holdings, Inc.Named in settlement
• Croda Inks CorporationNamed in settlement
• DAP, Inc.Named in settlement
• Forenco, Inc.Named in settlement
• Henkel CorporationNamed in settlement
• Kimberly Clark Tissue CorporationNamed in settlement
• Jerome LightmanNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LIGHTMAN DRUM COMPANY

  ROUTE 73, WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, NJ, 08009

  Registry ID: 110009299437

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Alco Industries, Inc. et al.entered 2011-09-29

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2011-09-29Final Order Issued
• 2011-09-29Enforcement Action Closed
• 2011-10-11Enforcement Action Data Entered