SITE WAS THE LOCATION OF A DRUM AND BARREL RECYCLING FACILITY, WHICH BECAME CONTAMINATED THROUGH RECYCLING AND DRUM CLEANING OPERATIONS. PRPS INCLUDE GENERATORS WHO ARRANGED FOR THEIR USED INDUSTRIAL DRUMS, CONTAINING RESIDUES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, TO BE SENT TO THE FACILITY; TRANSPORTERS WHO COLLECTED DRUMS FROM THE GENERATORS AND THE CORPORATE OWNER AND INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS OF THE SITE. BECAUSE THE OWNER-OPERATOR IS DEFUNCT, AS ARE CERTAIN GENERATOR PARTIES, THERE IS AN ORPHAN SHARE AT THE SITE. 43 DEFENDANTS NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT.
EPA'S ROD ISSUED 3/31/00 (IMPLEMENT) WHICH SELECTED A REMEDY FOR ADDRESSING THE CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE. IT INVOLVES EXCAVATION & OFF-SITE TREATMENT OF SOILS & SEDIMENT, RESTORATION OF IMPACTED WETLAND, EXTRACTION & TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED GW, IMPLEMENTING DEED RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITING USE OF GW WELLS AT THE SITE UNTIL GW CLEANUP STANDARDS ARE ACHIEVED AND LONG-TERM MONITORING OF GROUND & SURFACE WATERS.
IN MAY 1992, 14 PRPS PERFORMED A RI/FS PURSUANT TO AN AOC. RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION W/ SITE.
On October 23, 2015, a supplemental referral was sent to DOJ seeking to amend the original Consent Decree and on November 5, 2015, the Amendment was lodged.
An Amendment to an existing consent decree for remedial design and remedial action at the Tri-cities Barrel Superfund site was entered in US District Court for Northern District of New York on February 4, 2016. The Original Consent Decree became effecti