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ESSEX COPPER SITE

Judicial · FY1996 · — · — · 50606

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Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
08-1996-0151
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
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DOJ Docket
NOT ASSIGNED
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS REFERRAL REQUESTS INITIATION OF A COST RECOVERY ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 107A OF THE CERCLA ACT . THE SITE WAS FIRST REFERRED TO EPA BY THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ON 2/28/94, FOR CONSIDERATION OF A REMOVAL ACTION. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE STATE AND EPA REVEALED THAT APPROXIMATELY 88 DETERIORA-TING AND/OR LEAKING DRUMS AND SEVERAL LEAKING CAPACITORS AND TRANSFORMERS WERE LOCATED AT THE SITE. THE TOTAL COSTS OF THIS REMOVAL ACTION IS APPROXIMATELY $250,000.

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