EPA v. American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. et al.

Case summary

This is the fifth de minimis settlement for the Mercury Refining Site. The settlement requires 12 de minimis parties to pay their specified percentage share of past response costs and future response costs plus a 100% premium on all future response costs less an orphan share equal to 25% of the ROD remedy costs. The 12 parties to this agreement were amongst the 421 de minimis parties that were sent a de minimis offer in January 2009. For a variety of reasons, these 12 parties never received that settlement offer. Under this agreement, they are paying what they would have paid had they settled in 2009.

Defendants (12)

• Bishop & Associates, Inc.Named in settlement
• City of San DiegoNamed in settlement
• American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.Named in settlement
• Amersham Health, Inc.Named in settlement
• Waste Management of Michigan, Inc.Named in settlement
• Triumviraqte Environmental, Inc.Named in settlement
• Shred-A-Can Recyclers, Ltd.Named in settlement
• Scientific Ecology Group, Inc.Named in settlement
• Purina Mills, LLCNamed in settlement
• Ingot Metal Company, Ltd.Named in settlement
• Genesys Regional Medical CenterNamed in settlement
• County Board of Arlington, VirginiaNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• MERCURY REFINING CO INC

  26 RAILROAD AVE, ALBANY, NY, 12205

  Registry ID: 110019401583

• MERCURY REFINING CO INC

  26 RAILROAD AVE, ALBANY, NY, 12205

  Registry ID: 110019401583

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 122G — Administrative De Minimis Settlement

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. et al.entered 2012-09-28

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2012-09-28Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-09-28Final Order Issued
• 2012-10-02Enforcement Action Data Entered