EPA v. DIXIANA - MONSANTO COMPANY

Case summary

THE SCRDI DIXIANA SITE CONSISTS OF TWO ACRE LOT AND WAREHOUSE LOCATED IN LEXINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOURTH OF COLUMBIA. THE SITE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH A NUMBER OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING METHYLENE CHLORIDE, TOLUENE, CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, TRICHLOROETHENE, AND TETRACHLOROETHENE. EPA'S CHIEF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SITE COMMENCED FOLLOWING THE SURFACE CLEANUP OF THE SITE PURSUANT TO THE ORDER OF A COUNTY COURT. EPA INVESTIGATED THE SITE AND DIRECTED ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS AND STUDIES. THE RESULTS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS AND STUDIES INCLUDED THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGA- TION REPORT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1986. THE REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED CONTAMINATION OF THE SITE BY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1986 THE RECORD OF DECISION (ROD) WAS SIGNED. THE ROD SPECIFIED GOUNDWATER REMEDIATION BY MEANS OF THE EXTRATION, TREATMENT BY AIR STRIPPING AND CARBON ABSORPTION, AND SURFACE DISCHARGE OF THE TREATED WATER. FOLLOWING SELECTION OF THE REMEDY, EPA PROCEEDED WITH THE REMEDIAL DESIGN. THE REMEDIAL DESIGN WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1988. ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FALL OF 1989.

Defendants (3)

• AT&T TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• MONSANTO COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• THERM-O-DISC, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SCRDI DIXIANA

  BALLARD COURT, DIXIANA, SC, 29169

  Registry ID: 110010620505

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MONSANTO COMPANY INCentered 1995-08-18

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 1978-07-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1989-06-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1995-08-18Final Order Lodged
• 1995-08-18Final Order Entered
• 1995-08-18Complaint Filed With Court
• 1995-08-18Concluded