EPA v. TWINS INN #4F (DOW CHEMICAL CO.)
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$1,000,000
Case summary
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT TO CLEAN UP THE TWINS INN SITE LOCATED AT 56TH AND SHERIDAN BLVD. IN UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON COUNTY. SITE CONSISTS OF A CHLORINATED SOLVENT GROUNDWATER PLUME AND THE PLUME'S SOIL SOURCES. POTENTIAL RISKS AT THE SITE ARE THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH A GROUNDWATER PLUME LOCATED IN A MIXED USE AREA. CURRENT CONCERNS INCLUDE IMPACTS TO WATER USED BY TWO RESIDENCES AND THE TWINS INN TAVERN AND POSSIBLE MIGRATION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE WETLAND HABITAT SUPPORTED BY THE CONFLUENCE OF RALSTON CREEK AND CLEAR CREEK.
Defendants (1)
- THE DOW CHEMICAL CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TWINS INN CLEANUP SITE
5201 W 56TH AVE, ARVADA, CO, 80002
Registry ID: 110002997071
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122D3 — Violation of Existing AO or CD
Enforcement conclusions (1)
DOW CHEMICAL COentered 1997-10-24
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1997-10-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-10-24Final Order Issued
- 1997-10-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2002-11-12Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 50913
- Case number
- 08-1998-0009
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Violation of Existing AO or CD
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1998-0009 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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