Department of Justice and EPA Announce $15 Million Settlement to Clean Up Contamination at Sauget Ar

U.S. Department of Justice press release ------ The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Pharmacia LLC (formerly known as Monsanto), Solutia Inc., ExxonMobil Oil Corp. and Cerro Flow Products have agreed, as responsible parties, to clean up six former waste disposal sites that comprise the Sauget Area 1 Superfund Site in Sauget, St. Clair County, Illinois. The settlement requires the companies to spend an estimated $14.8 million to conduct removal of areas of groundwater contamination source material at four former disposal areas, cap sites to prevent further movement of contaminants, continued operation and maintenance of a containment cell created to hold hazardous wastes, and installation of a monitoring well network. EPA will oversee the work to be conducted by these four responsible parties, which will implement the cleanup remedy required by the agency's 2013 Record of Decision for Sauget Area 1. In addition, the companies will reimburse EPA $475,000 incurred in its past cleanup actions at the site. The companies will also reimburse EPA for costs incurred in overseeing the work required by the settlement, except for the first $2 million. To learn more click on the picture below to read the release.