EPA v. CELOTEX CORPORATION, IN RE
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Case summary
CELOTEX IS A POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY ( PRP ) AT THE LACKAWANNA REFUSE SITE, OLD FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA ( LACK- AWANNA OR LACKAWANNA SITE ) AND IS A DEFENDANT IN U.S. VS IACAVAZZI, ET AL., C.A. NO. 89-0164 (M.D. PA.), A CERCLA SECTION 107 ACTION FILED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON BE- HALF OF EPA, IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS SEEKING APPROI- MATELY $35 MILLIONS DOLLARS FROM 24 DEFENDANTS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH REMEDIATING THE LACKAWANNA SITE.
Defendants (2)
- CELOTEX CORPORATION, THENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- CAREY CANADA, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
LACKAWANNA REFUSE REMOVAL INC
600 ST FRANCIS CABRIN AVE, SCRANTON, PA, 18504
Registry ID: 110004840209
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CELOTEX CORPORATION, IN REentered 1996-12-06
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 1992-08-19Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1992-08-21Complaint Filed With Court
- 1992-08-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-11-19Final Order Lodged
- 1996-12-06Concluded
- 1996-12-06Final Order Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 15941
- Case number
- 03-1992-0356
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- 3RC43
- EPA region
- 03
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-1992-0356 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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