EPA v. AMERICAN IRON AND METAL COMPANY, ET. AL. (REMACOR)

Case summary

PAST COST SETTLEMENT OF A CERCLA 107 COST RECOVERY ACTION TO RECOUP COST INCURRED BY EPA IN REMOVING, AND OVERSEEING THE REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS MAGNESIUM FROM THE REMACOR, INC. SUPERFUND SITE. IN TOTAL, EPA REMOVED, OR OVERSAW THE REMOVAL OF 6,017,825 POUNDS OF HAZARDOUS MAGNESIUM TURNINGS FROM THE SITE AND INCURRED $9,707,357.00 IN RECOVERABLE RESPONSE COSTS IN DOING SO. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT IS $5,920,000 OR APPROXIMATELY 61% OF THE TOTAL MAGNESIUM-RELATED SITE RESPONSE COSTS. AS A GROUP, THE SETTLING PARTIES ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 43 OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF HAZARDOUS MAGNESIUM WASTE REMOVED FROM THE SITE.

Defendants (25)

• MIDDLETOWN AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• METAL MART INTERNATIONAL, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MARSHALLTOWN CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MJ METAL, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• LAVIGNE MANUFACTURING CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• K & K METAL RECYCLING, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• KIRSCHBAUM-KRUPP METAL CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• GUTIERREZ MACHINE CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEMS, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• CAST PARTS, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• WINTER'S PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• BLACK & DECKER (U.S.), INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• PREMCO, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• NATIONAL MACHINE COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MID-STATE INVESTMENT CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MID-STATE MACHINE CO, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• AMERICAN IRON AND METAL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SPX CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• GARFIELD ALLOYSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MAGNESIUM PRODUCTS OF AMERICA, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• PACE INDUSTRIES ON BEHALF OF LEGGETT AND PLATT INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SPARTAN LIGHT METALS PRODUCTS, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• REMACOR

  ROUTE 168, WEST PITTSBURG, PA, 16160

  Registry ID: 110006377759

• REMACOR

  ROUTE 168, WEST PITTSBURG, PA, 16160

  Registry ID: 110006377759

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (2)

• CAST PARTS, INC., ET. AL. (REMACOR SITE)entered 2013-03-07

  Primary law: CERCLA

• AMERICAN IRON AND METAL COMPANY, (5 DEFENDANTS) (REMACOR)entered 2015-02-17

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2011-09-29Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2011-10-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-11-09Complaint Filed With Court
• 2015-01-02Final Order Lodged
• 2015-02-17Final Order Entered