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COLORADO & EASTERN RAILROAD CO/WOODBURY SITE

Judicial · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 48457

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Penalty
$800K
Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
08-1989-0168
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-503
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (5)

Summary

REGION VIII HAS REFERRED AN ACTION UNDER SECTION 106(A) AND 107(A) OF CERCLA FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO REQUIRE RES- PONSIBLE PARTIES TO ABATE AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EN- DANGERMENT AND TO RECOVER APPROXIMATELY $936,208.07 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS AND ANY FUTURE COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE WOODBURY CHEMICAL SITE IN COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO. THE SITE IS A NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST SITE. THE CONTAM- INATION RESULTED FROM A FIRE IN 1965 WHICH DESTROYED THE WOODBURY CHEMICAL COMPANY PESTICIDE FORMULATION FACILITY AND WAS FOLLOWED BY DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED DEBRIS AND RUBBLE FROM THE FIRE ON ADJACENT LOCATIONS AT THE SITE. EPA HAS CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF RESPONSE ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE, INCLUDING PERFORMING AN RI/FS AND PREPARING A ROD. EPA IS SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND RECOVERY OF PAST AND FUTURE COSTS FROM MCKESSON CORPORATION, FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC., COLORADO AND EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, AND MAYTAG CORPORATION.

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