EPA v. CALDWELL SYSTEMS - BANKRUPTCY
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$6,204
Case summary
FOUR PREDECESSORS OF THE HICKORY WHITE COMPANY (HICKORY) SENT HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE CALDWELL SYSTEMS SITE IN LENOIR, NC. EPA HAS INCURRED $5.2 MILLION IN CERCLA COSTS AT THE SITE. HICKORY HAS FILED BANKRUPTCY. EPA SEEKS TO RECOVER PAST COSTS FROM HICKORY. RCRIS ID NUMBER - NCD086871282 / FINDS ID NUMBER - NCD980557870
Defendants (6)
- HICKORY MANUFACTURINGNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- HICKORY WHITE UPHOLSTERYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- HWC LIQUIDATING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- KAYLYNNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- WHITE FURNITURENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- WHITE OF MEBANENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CALDWELL SYSTEMS INC
MT HERMON RD, LENOIR, NC, 28645
Registry ID: 110009296564
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CALDWELL SYSTEMS - BANKRUPTCYentered 1998-04-30
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1997-04-23Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1997-08-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1998-04-30Final Order Lodged
- 1998-04-30Final Order Entered
- 1998-04-30Complaint Filed With Court
- 1998-04-30Concluded
- 1999-02-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 22073
- Case number
- 04-1997-0180
- 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 04-1997-0180 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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