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TELEDYNE WAH CHANG ALBANY

Judicial · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 55176

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Penalty
$154K
Cost recovery
$7.50M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
10-1995-0093
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-558
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS SITE IS AN ACTIVE OPERATING FACILITY LOCATED IN AN INDUSTRIAL-BASED COMMUNITY IN MILLERSBURY (NEAR ALBANY), OREGON, AND ADJACENT TO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER. IT WAS LISTED ON THE NPL IN 1983. THE FACILITY IS ONE OF ONLY TWO PLANTS IN THE U.S. PRODUCING ZIRCONIUM METAL. OPERATIONS BEGAN IN 1956 UNDER THE WAH CHANG CORPORATION. UNLINED SLUDGE PONDS ARE LOCATED IN THE WILLAMETTER RIVER FLOODPLAIN WHICH RAISES CONCERN THAT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WILL MIGRATE TO SOIL, SURFACE WATER, AND GROUNDWATER. A RI/FS WAS COMPLETED AND A ROD ISSUED FOR THE GROUNDWATER AND SEDIMENTS OPERABLE UNIT. THE ROD FOR THE SOILS OPERABLE UNIT IS EXPECTED SHORTLY. MAJOR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN IN THE GROUNDWATER ARE PCE, TCE, 1,2-DCA, 1,1-DCE, VINYL CHLORIDE AND ARSENIC. TELEDYNE WAH CHANG IS THE ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME FOR TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. THIS PRE-REFERRAL PACKAGE

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