8/31/11 - REFERRAL TO DOJ.
9/14/11 - EPA AND ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO., ENTERED INTO A CD, WHICH WAS LODGED WITH THE COURT ON SEPT 14, 2011, PURSUANT TO CERCLA 106 AND 107 FOR RD/RA AND RECOVERY OF INTERIM AND FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS AT ICRR'S JOHNSTON YARD SUPERFUND ALTERNATIVE SITE, SHELBY COUNTY, MEMPHIS, TN. NO PAST RESPONSE COSTS ARE DUE OR OWING BECAUSE ICRR HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY BILL FOR, AND HAS ALREADY PAID, PAST RESPONSE COSTS THROUGH SEPT 19, 2010. ICRR IS TEH ONLY PRP AT THE SITE. THE COMPLAINT IN THIS CASE WAS FILED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE CD SETTLING THIS MATTER.
THE SITE IS AN ACTIVE RAILROAD CLASSIFICATION YARD, LOCOMOTIVE FUELING AND SERVICING CENTER, CAR REPAIR FACILITY, AND A FORMER INTERMODAL TERMINUS STATION WHERE BULK LOADING AND UNLEADING OF SEMITRAILERS FROM RAIL CARRIERS WAS PERFORMED. THE RAIL YARD HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
THE SITE WAS FIRST ASSESSED BY THE STATE OF TN IN 1984. AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC CONCERN REGARDING THE TRANSPORT OF HAZ RAW MATERIALS THROUGH THE SITE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SPILLS OF HAZ MATERIALS DURING PAST OPERATIONS, EPA CONDUCTED A SITE INSPECTION (SI) IN OCT 1991. THE SI SHOWED ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF A NUMBER OF ORGANIC AN DINORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN SURFACE SOIL, SUBSURFACE SOIL, SURFACE WATER, SEDIMENT, AND GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE SITE HAS BEEN FULLY EVALUATED AND A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED IN OCT 2006 AND A FEASIBLITY STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN JAN 2010.