EPA v. SAPP BATTERY - (BEN SHEMPER)

Case summary

THIS IS A CASE SEEKING RECOVERY OF PAST COSTS, AS WELL AS COSTS FOR OPERABLE UNIT ONE OF THE REMEDY, AGAINST RECALCITRANT PRP'S. SAPP BATTERY SUPERFUND SITE IS BATTERY SITE IN JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA NEAR COTTONDALE, FL. IT CONDUCTED OPERATIONS FROM THE MID-60'S UNTIL THE EARLY 1980'S. EPA CONDUCTED A REMOVAL AT THE SITE. THE PARTIES AGAINST WHOM THE ACTION IS SOUGHT HAVE BEEN NOTICED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, WITHOUT RESPONSE. EPA'S UNRECOVERED PAST COSTS ARE APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION.

Defendants (11)

• BEN SHEMPER & SONS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BEN SHEMPER & SONS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• DYNAMIC METALS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• DYNAMIC METALS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• GULF COAST RECYCLING, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• GULF COAST RECYCLING, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• M. BERNSTEIN METALS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• SOUTHERN SCRAP METALS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• SOUTHERN SCRAP METALS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• TARACORP, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• TARACORP, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SAPP BATTERY

  HIGHWAY 280, COTTONDALE, FL, 32431

  Registry ID: 110010584215

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (3)

• SAPP BATTERYentered 1999-05-11

  Primary law: CERCLA

• SAPP BATTERY - BEN SHEMPERentered 1999-05-11

  Primary law: CERCLA

• SAPP BATTERY - BEN SHEMPER & SONS, ET AL.entered 1997-10-02

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 1993-09-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1994-02-24Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1994-12-28Complaint Filed With Court
• 1999-05-11Final Order Lodged
• 1999-05-11Final Order Entered
• 1999-05-11Concluded