EPA v. Arkema Inc. et al.

Case summary

EPA entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) with 70 potentially responsible parties pursuant to which those parties will perform a time-critical removal action to address contaminated sediments in the Lower Passaic River at River Mile 10.9 (in the area of Lyndhurst). The settling parties will remove surface sediments in the area with the highest concentrations of contaminants, including PCBs, mercury and dioxin, and place a cap in this area to reduce the potential for exposure to and/or resuspension of these sediments.

Defendants (71)

• Vertellus Specialities, Inc.Named in settlement
• Tiffany and CompanyNamed in settlement
• Three County VolkswagenNamed in settlement
• Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Named in settlement
• Sherwin-Williams CompanyNamed in settlement
• The Newark GroupNamed in settlement
• Flexon Industries Corp.Named in settlement
• Exelis Inc.Named in settlement
• Essex Chemical CorporationNamed in settlement
• EPEC Polymers, Inc.Named in settlement
• Elan Chemical CompanyNamed in settlement
• Eden Wood CorporationNamed in settlement
• E.I. duPont de Nemours and CompanyNamed in settlement
• DiLorenzo Properties CompanyNamed in settlement
• DII Industries, LLCNamed in settlement
• Croda Inc.Named in settlement
• ISP Chemicals LLCNamed in settlement
• Honeywell International Inc.Named in settlement
• Hoffman-La Roche Inc.Named in settlement
• Hexcel CorporationNamed in settlement
• Atlantic Richfield CompanyNamed in settlement
• BASF CorporationNamed in settlement
• Arkema Inc.Named in settlement
• Ashland Inc.Named in settlement
• Belleville Industrial CenterNamed in settlement
• …and 46 more

Facilities (1)

• DIAMOND ALKALI CO.

  80 LISTER AVE, NEWARK, NJ, 07105

  Registry ID: 110009324409

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Arkema Inc. et al.entered 2012-06-18

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2012-06-18Final Order Issued
• 2012-06-18Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-06-19Enforcement Action Data Entered