The Respondents to this order arranged for the treatment and/or disposal of drums of waste materials containing hazardous substances at the nearby Pollution Abatement Services, Inc. Site (ÂPAS SiteÂ), which was operated by Pollution Abatement Services, Inc. (ÂPAS, Inc.Â), a chemical waste incineration company that operated between 1970 and 1976 and accepted liquid and drummed waste for incineration at its facility. Due to operational problems at PAS, Inc., drums became stockpiled at the PAS Site instead of being incinerated. EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (ÂNYSDECÂ) investigated the Site at different periods from the mid 1980s through 1999 but either did not locate or did not remove the drums from the Site. In December of 2007, after a request from NYSDEC, an EPA On Scene Coordinator went to the Site, located, excavated and staged approximately 150 of the former PAS drums at the Site. The Site is currently temporarily fenced until the excavation and disposal work can begin. On April 2, 2008, EPA notified ten parties, including the Respondents, that they were considered to be a potentially responsible parties at the Site and invited them to undertake the removal work at the Site. Of these parties, only two did not enter into negotiations with EPA. The other eight parties are Respondents to this Agreement.
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Respondents will remove and dispose off-Site existing excavated drums and soil, excav