EPA v. Occidental Chemical Corporation
Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
Case summary
The Settlement Agreement and Order of Consent concerns the Respondent's performance, under EPA oversight, of the Remedial Design for Operable Unit 2 of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site. Operable Unit 2 is the lower 8.3 miles of the Lower Passaic River Study Area. The cost of the Remedial Design is estimated at $165 million and includes capping the lower 8.3 miles of the Lower Passaic River, bank to bank.
Defendants (1)
- Occidental Chemical CorporationNamed in settlement
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)
Occidental Chemical Corporationentered 2016-09-30
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2016-09-30Final Order Issued
- 2016-09-30Enforcement Action Closed
- 2016-10-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600825411
- Case number
- 02-2016-2021
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2016-2021 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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