EPA v. SANGAMO ELECTRIC DUMP/CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE REFERRAL (CERCLA)

Case summary

Whereas, on August 27, 1992, this Court entered a Consent Decree between the United States of America and Schlumberger Industries, Inc. (the Parties ) relating to the PCBs Operable Unit of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge located in Williamson, Jackson, Union, and Johnson Counties, Illinois (the Facility ); In 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( U.S. EPA ) modified the selected remedy for chlorinated volatile organic compound contaminated groundwater for areas known as Plume 1 and Plume 3 at the PCBs Operable Unit. This decision is embodied in the Record of Decision Amendment dated May 2007 ( ROD Amendment ), signed on behalf of U.S. EPA on August 7, 2007 (see Attachment A), to which the United States Department of Interior ( U.S. DOI ) and the State of Illinois gave their concurrence. The Parties hereby agree to incorporate the ROD Amendment into Appendix 1 of this Consent Decree; The Parties have developed a Scope of Work to implement the ROD Amendment and hereby agree to the modification of Appendix 2 to incorporate the Scope of Work dated November 2010. Update 12/21/17 - update per ORC; the CD was entered an has had multiple amendments as additional work required by serial ROD amendments. Presently a CD amendment signed by EPA and DOI August 2016 is still at DOP, which is holding up the work.

Defendants (2)

• SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY, CORP.Named in complaint
• GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE & TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INCNamed in complaint

Facilities (1)

• CRAB ORCHARD REFUGE

  8588 ROUTE 148, MARION, IL, 62959

  Registry ID: 110071102247

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2011-05-06Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2011-05-12Complaint Filed With Court
• 2011-09-22Enforcement Action Data Entered