EPA v. LAKE CALUMET CLUSTER - ADMIN ORDER ON CONSENT (CERCLA)

Case summary

The Settlement Agreement concerns the preparation and performance of an RI/FS for Operable Unit Two of the Lake Calumet Cluster Site, which consists of the groundwater at and emanating from the parcels commonly known as the Album/American Incineration, Inc., Site; the U.S. Drum II Site; the Unnamed Parcel(s) Site; and the Paxton Avenue Lagoons Site, bounded by the Land and Lakes Landfill to the west, 122nd Street to the south, the Norfolk and Western Railroad right of way and the Indian Ridge Marsh to the east, and Paxton I and II Landfills (119th Street) to the north, all in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (the Cluster Site or the Site ). The Settlement Agreement also concerns the reimbursement of future oversight response costs incurred by EPA in connection with the Operable Unit Two RI/FS.

Defendants (155)

• International Paper CompanyNamed in settlement
• Interface, Inc.Named in settlement
• Illinois Tool Works Inc.Named in settlement
• Humphrey Products CompanyNamed in settlement
• Hospital Corporation of AmericaNamed in settlement
• Hollister IncorporatedNamed in settlement
• Hitachi Metals America Ltd.Named in settlement
• Herman Miller, Inc.Named in settlement
• Kraftube Inc.Named in settlement
• Kraft Foods Group, Inc.Named in settlement
• Kohler Co.Named in settlement
• Kinder Morgan, GP, Inc.Named in settlement
• Kelsey-Hayes CompanyNamed in settlement
• Keeler Brass CompanyNamed in settlement
• John Crane Inc.Named in settlement
• Jackson's Industrial ManufacturingNamed in settlement
• IXYS Integrated Circuits Division Inc.Named in settlement
• ITT CorporationNamed in settlement
• Paulo Products CompanyNamed in settlement
• Northwestern Flavors, LLCNamed in settlement
• Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationNamed in settlement
• NCP Coatings, Inc.Named in settlement
• Navistar, IncNamed in settlement
• Murphy Oil USA, Inc.Named in settlement
• MSC Engineered Materials and Solutions Group Inc.Named in settlement
• …and 130 more

Facilities (1)

• LAKE CALUMET CLUSTER

  122ND STREET AND STONY ISLAND AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL, 60633

  Registry ID: 110064146525

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122A — Agreement to Perform Work Under 104B

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LAKE CALUMET CLUSTER - ADMIN ORDER ON CONSENT (CERCLA)entered 2013-06-03

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2013-06-03Final Order Issued
• 2013-06-27Enforcement Action Data Entered