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SANTA FE PACIFIC CORPORATION

Judicial · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 52231

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Penalty
$996K
Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
09-1991-0002
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-459A
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (8)

Summary

JOHNS-MANVILLE COALINGA SUPERFUND SITE: THE ROD FOR THE JM MILL AREA OPERABLE UNIT WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1990. THE REMEDY FOR THIS ABANDONED ASBESTOS MILL CONSISTS OF ACCESS RESTRICTION, STREAM DIVERSION AROUND THE MILL, SEDIMENT TRAPPING BELOW THE MILL, A PILOT REVEGETATION PROJECT, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND DEED RESTRICTIONS. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE SELECTED REMEDY IS $1.9 MILLION. THE RIFS WAS PERFORMED BY SANTA FE PACIFIC REALTY COMPANY, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE OPERABLE UNIT IS LOCATED. AT ONE OTHER OPERABLE UNIT (WHICH IS ALSO CONSIDERED AN OPERABLE UNIT OF THE ATLAS MINE SITE), THE CITY OF COALINGA OPERABLE UNIT, A REMEDY SELECTED IN JULY OF 1989 IS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY PURSUANT TO A CONSENT DECREE ENTERED BY THE COURT IN OCTOBER 1989. ONLY ONE OTHER POTENTIAL OPERABLE UNIT REMAINS. THIS IS THE PONDING BASIN DOWNSTREAM FROM THE JM MILL AREA OPERABLE UNIT. IT IS ALSO CONSIDERED A PART OF THE ATLAS MINE SITE. IN EPA'S SEPT. 1990 ROD FOR THE JM MILL AREA, EPA ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL DEFER TAKING ANY ACTION IN THIS AREA OF THE SITE BECAUSE OF ACTIONS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES WHICH MAY ADDRESS EPA'S CONCERNS. EPA WILL REVIEW THIS SITUATION IN 1992 AND ISSUE A PUBLIC NOTICE CONCERNING ITS PROPOSED DECISION ON THIS AREA OF THE SITE. SPECIAL NOTICE WAS ISSUED TO A TOTAL

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