EPA v. CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$55,042
Case summary
A CERCLA CONSENT DECREE HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED PURSUANT TO WHICH CERTAINTEED CORPORATION WILL PERFORM REMEDIAL DESIGN/ REMEDIAL ACTION (RD/RA) AT THE CERTAINTEED PILE, AMBLER ASBESTOS SITE, AMBLER PA.; PAY OVER $55,000.00 TOWARDS EPA'S PAST RESPONSE COSTS AND PAY FOR EPA'S OVERSIGHT COSTS OF THE RD/RA. THIS REPRESENT A 96.66% SETTLEMENT. THE CERTAINTEED PILE IS AN ASBESTOS CONTAINING WASTE PILE CREATED FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE COMPANY.
Defendants (1)
- CERTAINTEED CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
AMBLER BOROUGH OF
CHURCH & MAIN ST, AMBLER, PA, 19002
Registry ID: 110007768200
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CERTAINTEED CORPORATIONentered 1990-11-29
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 1990-06-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1990-06-29Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1990-09-12Complaint Filed With Court
- 1990-11-29Concluded
- 1990-11-29Final Order Lodged
- 1990-11-29Final Order Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 14931
- Case number
- 03-1990-0455
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- 3RC41
- EPA region
- 03
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-1990-0455 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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