EPA v. ILCO (INTERSTATE LEAD COMPANY)
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$1,823,644
Compliance action
$59,000,000
Case summary
ILCO SUPERFUND SITE -- A SECONDARY LEAD SMELTING OPERATION AND SEVEN SATELLITE SITES WHERE WASTE FROM THE MAIN FACILITY WAS DISPOSED. LEAD IS THE PRIMARY PROBLEM. TWENTY DEFENDANTS THAT ARE EITHER GENERATORS OR TRANSPORTERS UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA. NO PENALTY IS SOUGHT.
Defendants (20)
- ALPERT IRON & METAL CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- ALPERT, JULIUSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- AMERICAN BILTRITE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- BRENNER IRON & METAL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- CLARK IRON & METAL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- DANA CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- DOUGLAS BATTERY MANUFACTURING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- E-Z GO TEXTRONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- EXIDE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- INDUSTRIAL BATTERY AND CHARGER, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- INTRAMETCO COMPANY, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- JOHNSON CONTROLS BATTERY GROUP, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- OMNI SOURCE COMPANY, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- ROHM AND HAAS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- WITCO CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- GNB TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
INTERSTATE LEAD COMPANY INCORPORATED
1247 BORDEN AVENUE, LEEDS, AL, 35094
Registry ID: 110017418007
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ILCO (INTERSTATE LEAD COMPANY)entered 1997-04-22
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1994-08-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1994-08-29PRN Sent
- 1996-09-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1997-01-04Complaint Filed With Court
- 1997-04-22Final Order Lodged
- 1997-04-22Final Order Entered
- 1997-04-22Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 21113
- Case number
- 04-1994-0416
- DOJ docket
- 90-11-2-108E
- 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 04-1994-0416 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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