EPA v. EDMUNDS STREET PROPERTY SITE (SOUTH VALLEY)

Case summary

THE SETTLEMENT WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REFERRAL IS FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION (RD/RA) OF TWO OPERABLE UNITS AT THE SOUTH VALLEY SUPERFUND SITE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE SOUTH VALLEY SITE IS THAT AREA WHICH HAS CON- TRIBUTED TO THE CONTAMINATION BY CHLORINATED SOLVENTS OF A CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY WELL. THIS RD/RA SETTLEMENT FOR TWO OPERABLE UNITS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE SOUTH VALLEY SUPERFUND SITE IS IN AN INDUSTIAL AREA & IS REFFERRED TO AS THE EDMUNDS STREET PROPERTY. INVESTIGA- TION HAS SHOWN THE PRESENCE OF A PLUME OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATED WITH SOLVENTS WHICH ORIGINATES BENEATH THE EDMUNDS STREET PROPERTY AND EXTENDS DOWNGRADIENT TO THE EAST THIS PLUME IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE CONTAMINATION AT THE MUNICIPAL WELL, BUT DOES LIE WITHIN THE SUPERFUND SITE. THE RECORD OF DECISION (ROD) FOR THE FIRST OPERABLE UNIT ADD- RESSES THE CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER TREATING IT AT THE SURFACE THRU AIR STRIPPING & REINJECTING THE TREATED WATER.

Defendants (2)

• EDMUNDS STREET PROPERTY SITE (S. VALLEY)Named in complaint
• VAN WATERS & ROGERS INC. (UNIVAR)

Facilities (1)

• EDMUNDS STREET PROPERTY

  3301 EDMUNDS ST, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87102

  Registry ID: 110010626607

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107 — Superfund
• CERCLA 106 — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• **PROPOSED SETTLEMENT**

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1982-07-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1989-12-26Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1990-03-21Complaint Filed With Court