The Site consists of approximately 160 acres, and includes residences, churches, a school, and commercial real estate. The groundwater at the Site is contaminated with PCE, TCE, and DCE. There arre two suspected sources of contamination: Source Area A, the location of a former drycleaning operation at a commercial shopping center owned by the Roper family (ÂRoper PropertyÂ); and Source Area B, the location of a former drycleaning operation at what is now a single-family residence. The drycleaning operation operated at Source Area A from approximately 1962 to 1975, and at Source Area B from approximately 1957 to 1962. EPA placed a Federal Superfund lien on the Roper Property in March 2000. This civil action is a cost recovery action seeking recovery of EPAÂs past and future costs at the Site from the Ropers, as well as a in rem action against the Roper Property.
9/9/09 - CD ENTERED (04-2009-C025).
SALE OF PROPERTY AND PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS:
IF THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN SOLD BY THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CD, THE SETTLING DEFENDANTS SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING:
A. SETTLING DEFENDANTS WILL ADVANCE ALL REASONABLE COSTS TO MARKET OR SELL THE PROPERTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVERTISING OR LISTING EXPENSES.
B. SETTLING DEFENDANTS AGREE THAT THEY WILL NOT SELL, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, OR EXCHANGE THE PROPERTY EXEPT BY MEANS OF A TRANSFER. SETTLING DEFENDANTS SHALL USE THEIR BEST EFFORTS TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY BEGINNING 60 DAYS AFTER EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CD. PAR