Amvac Chemical Corporation and American Vanguard Corporation
The site is located at Sacramento River, California, specifically near Dunsmuir, following a train derailment that released over 19,000 gallons of metam sodium and its breakdown products into the river.
- Date/Time Frame
- July 14, 1991
- Statute
- CERCLA
- State
- California
- Substances
- metam sodium
- Injury
- Fish, Invertebrates, Surface Water
Consent Decrees:
1994.03.14
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- State Trustees:
- California Department of Fish and Game, California Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Valley Region), California Air Resources Board, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Health Services?
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Amvac Chemical Corp., American Vanguard Corp.