EPA v. UNION CARBIDE CORP. MARIETTA FACILITY
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$614,000
Compliance action
$54,000,000
Case summary
THE WORK REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER BY CONSENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS; EXCAVATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DIOXIN-CONTAMINATED SOILS; EXCAVATION AND CONSOLIDATION OR IN SITU SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION OF VOC-CONTAMINATED SOILS; HAZARDOUS WASTE CAPS FOR THE TWO LANDFILLS ON-SITE; A BOTTOM LINER FOR A PORTION OF ONE OF THE LANDFILLS; A HYDRAULIC BARRIER AROUND THE WASTE AREA THAT IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; EXCAVATION AND ON-SITE CONSOLIDATION OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS IN A CREEK RUNNING THROUGH THE SITE; INSTALLATION OF A CONCRETE CULVERT, AND CREEK BANK STABILIZATION; CONTAINMENT AND TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; AND ACCESS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS.
Defendants (1)
- UNION CARBIDE CORP. MARIETTA FACILITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
UNION CARBIDE CORP SPEC POLYMRS AND COMP
ST RTE 7, MARIETTA, OH, 45750
Registry ID: 110007706642
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107 — Superfund
Enforcement conclusions (1)
UNION CARBIDE CORP. MARIETTA FACILITYentered 1997-03-04
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1997-03-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-03-04Final Order Issued
- 1997-04-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30137
- Case number
- 05-1997-0131
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- MMBII
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1997-0131 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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