EPA v. ELECTRO-VOICE INC.

Case summary

THE ELECTRO-VOICE SUPERFUND SITE (SITE) IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL). U.S. EPA LISTED THE SITE ON THE NPL ON NOVEMBER 21, 1984 (49 FED. REG. 185). THE ELECTRO-VOICE SUPERFUND SITE CONSISTS OF THE EV INTER- NATIONAL (EVI) PROPERTY AND OFF-PROPERTY GROUNDWATER CONTA- MINATION THAT EXTENDS ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF EVI. ELECTRO-VOICE MANUFACTURED AUDIO EQUIPMENT. THE EVI PROPER- TY INCLUDES A BUILDING, PARKING AREAS, A FORMER DRYWELL AREA WHERE ELECTRO-VOICE DISPOSED PAINT WASTES, A FORMER FUEL TANK AREA, AND TWO FORMER LAGOONS WHERE ELECTRO-VOICE DIS- POSED ELECTROPLATING WASTES. EVI IS LOCATED AT 600 CECIL STREET IN BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN. BUCHANAN IS IN BERRIEN COUNTY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MICHIGAN. THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION EXTENDS FROM EVI ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF EVI TO ABOUT 500 FEET BEYOND MCCOY CREEK. SEE ATTACHMENT 1. IN 1992 U.S. EPA DIVIDED THE SITE INTO TWO OPERABLE UNITS. OPERABLE UNIT 1 ADDRESSED CONTAMINATED SOILS IN THE DRYWELL AREA, THE LAGOONS AND ON-PROPERTY GROUNDWATER. OPERABLE UNIT 2 ADDRESSES THE OFF-PROPERTY GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. THIS CONSENT DECREE ADDRESSES OPERABLE UNIT 2, THE OFF-PRO- PERTY GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.

Defendants (2)

• ELECTRO-VOICE INC.Named in settlement
• MARK IV INDUSTRIESNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• TELEXIEVI

  600 CECIL ST., BUCHANAN, MI, 49107

  Registry ID: 110000409594

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ELECTRO-VOICE INC.entered 2001-02-15

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-09-22Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2000-10-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-12-08Final Order Lodged
• 2000-12-08Complaint Filed With Court
• 2001-02-15Final Order Entered