EPA v. INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZER SITE (IMC FERTILIZER)

Case summary

3/4/16 - UNDER THIS RD/RA CONSENT DECREE, VIGINDUSTRIES, INC., THE SOLE DEFENDANT, WILL IMPLEMENT RD/RA TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AT THE IMC FERTILIZER SITE IN SPARTANBURG, SC. IMC MANUFACTURED FERTILIZER AT THE SITE FROM 1910 UNTIL 1987. VIGINDUSTRIES, A COMPANY WHICH SHARES THE SAME PARENT COMPANY AS IMC, PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1999. VIGINDUSTRIES HAS CONDUCTED ALL RESPONSE ACTION TO DATE. THE ONLY REMAINING CONTAMINATED MEDIA IS GROUNDWATER. THE REMEDY WAS SELECTED IN A ROD DATED AUG 25, 2014, AND CONSISTS OF A SUBSURFACE INFILTRATION SYSTEM TO CLOSE LOW pH SOILS WHICH ARE RELEASING NATIVE METALS. VIGINDUSTRIES WILL ALSO PAY EPA'S OVERSIGHT COSTS.

Defendants (1)

• VIGINDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICALS (IMC)

  515 NORTH STREET EXT., SPARTANBURG, SC, 29302

  Registry ID: 110009345146

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZER SITE (IMC FERTILIZER) (04-2016-C010)entered 2016-04-22

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2016-03-04Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2016-03-07Complaint Filed With Court
• 2016-03-07Final Order Lodged
• 2016-03-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-04-22Final Order Entered
• 2016-04-22Concluded