Industrial Manufacturing Corporation

Multiple Sites

Roux Associates was retained by a law firm to evaluate existing environmental studies on 12 industrial sites located in eight States on behalf of the purchaser of a division of a major industrial valve manufacturer. As a result, Roux Associates conducted seven Remedial Investigations (RIs), Feasibility Studies (FSs), and baseline risk assessments to assist the purchaser in a CERCLA cost recovery suit for environmental liabilities from the previous owner. All studies were performed in strict accordance with the National Contingency Plan. Chemical constituents of concern at the sites included organic solvents, polychlorinated biphenyls and metals. Roux Associates reviewed all available information and implemented RIs that included performing soil-gas surveys, installing monitoring wells, conducting slug tests, and sampling surface waters, groundwater, and stream sediments. In addition, FSs and risk assessments were performed for each of the sites to determine the potential current and future risks to human health and the environment associated with past chemical handling and disposal practices. Costs to remediate each site were developed. Four experts from Roux Associates gave deposition testimony in the cost recovery litigation. The case was settled favorably to the purchaser prior to trial.