EPA v. ARAB PLATING SITE
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$12,334
Case summary
THE SITE WAS OPERATED BY DAVID BOWLING AS BOWLING INDUSTRIES, INC., AN ELECTROPLATING COMPANY LOCATED ON BRASHIER'S CHAPEL ROAD IN A RURAL AREA OF MARSHALL COUNTY, ALABAMA NEAR THE TOWN OF ARAB. LARGE QUANTITIES OF HAZAR- DOUS WASTE GENERATED DURING ELECTROPLATING OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED AT THIS BANKRUPT FACILITY. WASTE PROCESS MATERIAL WAS STORED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE ENVIRONMENT HAD OCCURRED WHEN EPA REGION IV WAS NOTIFIED.
Defendants (3)
- BOWLING INDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- BOWLING, DAVIDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- BOWLING, REGINANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ARAB PLATING CO
ROUTE 1 BOX 177, ARAB, AL, 35016
Registry ID: 110001146938
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BOWLING INDUSTRIES, INC.entered 1992-12-18
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1991-03-22Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1991-04-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1992-12-18Final Order Lodged
- 1992-12-18Final Order Entered
- 1992-12-18Complaint Filed With Court
- 1992-12-18Concluded
- 1993-04-16Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 20712
- Case number
- 04-1991-0036
- DOJ docket
- 90-11-2-702
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- CER
- EPA region
- 04
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-1991-0036 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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