EPA v. SAUGET AREA 2 - PHARMACIA CORP. (CERCLA)

Case summary

The United States' complaint names Pharmacia LLC and Solutia Inc. as defendants. The complaint requests recovery of oversight and other response costs that the United States incurred in connection with a UAO for Remedial Design and Interim Remedial Action, Docket No. V-W-02-C-716, issued by EPA on September 30, 2002 to prevent groundwater contamination releasing to the Mississippi River adjacent to Sauget Area 2 disposal Site R and the resulting impact area located in Sauget, St. Clair County, Illinois. Both defendants signed the Consent Decree, agreeing to pay a total of $1.7 million in response costs

Defendants (6)

• ADD PARTY
• Waste Management PRP group
• Clayton Chemical PRP group
• Sauget Area Two UAO PRP group
• Solutia, Inc.Named in settlement
• Pharmacia, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SAUGET AREA 2

  MONSANTO AVENUE, SAUGET, IL, 62201

  Registry ID: 110009279985

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SAUGET AREA 2 - PHARMACIA CORP. (CERCLA)entered 2015-05-19

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2009-09-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2009-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-02-08Complaint Filed With Court
• 2013-02-14Amended Complaint
• 2015-03-06Supplemental Referral-Other
• 2015-03-11Final Order Lodged
• 2015-05-19Final Order Entered