EPA v. CLARE WATER SUPPLY SITE, OU # 2

Case summary

THE CLARE WATER SUPPLY SITE IS AN APPROXIMATELY 300 ACRE SITE LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARE, MICHIGAN, AND SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 4 WEST IN GRANT COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE SITE INCLUDES THREE MUNICIPAL WELLS NUMBERED MW #2, MW #5, AND MW #6. A FOURTH WELL, MW #7, IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE, AND WAS INSTALLED IN 1988. MW #2 AND MW #5 HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, INCUDING TCE, DCE, BENZENE, TOLUENE, XYLENE, AND ETHYLBENZENE. THE CLARE WATER SUPPLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 3,300 RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. SEVEN CORPORATIONS AND THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE BEEN NAMED IN A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A RECORD OF DECISION WHICH WAS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 21, 1992, AFTER THE COMPLETION OF AN RI/FS BY A NUMBER OF THESE PRPS. THE ORDER IS ISSUED AFTER RD/RA CONSENT DECREE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRPS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND CONCLUDED ON MAY 28, 1993. THE SELECTED REMEDY CONSISTS OF SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION OD DESIGNATED CONTAMINATED SOIL AREAS AND GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION AND TREATMENT WITH ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION.

Defendants (8)

• AMERICAN DRY CLEANERSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• COLTEC INDUSTRIES OPERATING CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MITCHELL CORPORATION OF OWOSSONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• STAGE RIGHT CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• TEXTRON CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AUTOMOTIVE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CLARE WATER SUPPLY SITE

  MAPLE & FIFTH STREETS, CLARE, MI, 48617

  Registry ID: 110010739040

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CLARE WATER SUPPLY SITEentered 1993-08-17

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1993-08-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1993-08-17Final Order Issued
• 1998-08-12Enforcement Action Closed