EPA v. LORENTZ BARREL AND DRUM - PPA
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$10,000
Case summary
'This is a Prospective Purchaser Agreement (PPA) with Tenth Street Land Management to purchase the 5-acre parcel that was the site of the former Lorentz Barrel & Drum facility in San Jose, CA. The Lorentz property is the source of a contaminated groundwater plume currently being treated. Contaminated soil remains in place under a cap installed by EPA. Tenth Street Land Management is required to pay EPA $408,000 and maintain the cap in exchange for a standard PPA based on the EPA model.'
Defendants (1)
- Tenth Street Land ManagementNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
LORENTZ BARREL & DRUM CO INC
1515 S 10TH ST, SAN JOSE, CA, 95112
Registry ID: 110002641954
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122H — Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Enforcement conclusions (1)
LORENTZ BARREL AND DRUM - PPAentered 2002-01-22
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-01-22Enforcement Action Closed
- 2002-01-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-01-22Final Order Issued
- 2002-07-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 84006
- Case number
- 09-2002-0034
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2002-0034 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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