EPA v. SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY SUPERFUND ALTERNATIVE SITE

Case summary

9/30/10 - MATTER REFERRED TO DOJ. 12/1/10 - COMPLAINT FILED. ALLEGATIONS: FROM APPROX 1959 TO 1992, SPRAGUE ELECTRIC CO MANUFACTURED FILM CAPACITORS AT ITS FACILITY LOCATED AT THE SITE. SPRAGUE CLEANED IT MANUFACTURED CAPACITORS WITH SOLVENTS CONTAINING TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE) AND TRICHLOROETHANE (TCA). THERE WERE RELEASES AND THREATENED RELEASES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF CERCLA SEC 101(22) OF HAZ SUBSTANCES INCLUDED SOLVENTS CONTAINING TCE AND TCA AT THE SITE. HAZ SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING TCE AND TCA HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE SITE AND HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF OR TREATED AT THE SITE. EPA HAS DESIGNATED A PORTION OF THE SITE AS OU1 FOR PURPOSES OF THE REMEDIAL WORK CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR THE SITE. THE U.S. HAS INCURRED AT LEAST $90,624.39 IN UNREIMBURSED RESPONSE COSTS BY RESPONDING TO THE RELEASES OR THREATENED RELEASES OF HAZ SUBSTANCES AT OU1 OF THE SITE, PLUS INTEREST. 10/31/11 - THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FL ENTERED A CONSENT DECREE IN THIS MATTER, RELATING TO OU 1 OF THE SPRAGUE ELECTRIC SUPERFUND ALTERNATIVE SITE IN LONGWOOD, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FL. THE SITE HAS LONG BEEN THE LOCATION OF AN ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING PLANT. IN THE PAST, AS A RESULT OF OPERATIONS AT THE PLANT, THE GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE BECAME CONTAMINATED WITH SOLVENTS - NAMELY TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE) AND OTHER VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. EPA HAS CHOSE IN-SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION AS THE REMEDY FOR THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT OU1. GREAT AMERICAN FINANCIAL RESOURCES (GAFRI) IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE SITE AND THE SUCCESSOR TO THE COMPANY THAT OPERATED THE SITE AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE OF SOLVENTS TO GROUNDWATER. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CONSENT DECREE, GAFRI WILL PERFORM THE REMEDY AT OU1 OF HTE SITE AND PAY EPA'S RESPONSE COSTS OF $90,624.39.

Defendants (1)

• GREAT AMERICAN FINANCIAL RESOURCES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY

  1221 N US HWY 17/92, LONGWOOD, FL, 32750-3739

  Registry ID: 110010042872

• SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY

  1221 NORTH US HWY 17/92, LONGWOOD, FL, 32750-3739

  Registry ID: 110071101067

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY SUPERFUND ALTERNATIVE SITE (04-2012-C002)entered 2011-10-31

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2010-09-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2010-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-12-01Final Order Lodged
• 2010-12-01Complaint Filed With Court
• 2011-10-31Concluded
• 2011-10-31Final Order Entered