EPA v. TEX TIN CORPORATION (Bankruptcy) - Chemet Company
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Case summary
THIS WAS A COST RECOVERY ACTION. IN REGION 4 THERE WAS A SITE WHERE METALLON HOLDINGS SENT WASTE TO BE TREATED. EPA CLEANED UP THE SITE (CHEMET) AND SENT DEMAND LETTERS TO SEVERAL PRPS FOR COST. METALLON HOLDINGS RECEIVED A DEMAND LETTER BUT WAS A DEFUNCT CORP. THEY WERE AN ENTITY OF TEX TIN CORPORATION. TEX TIN FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. TEX TIN WAS A PRP AT A SITE IN REGION 6. IN ORDER TO REORGANIZE, TEX TIN SOUGHT TO SETTLE ALL ITS ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY IN ONE SETTLEMENT. THE TEX TIN CD ENCOMPASSES A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT WITH BOTH REGION 4 AND REGION 6 FOR COSTS.
Defendants (2)
- Texas, State ofNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- TEX TIN CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CHEMET COMPANY
HWY 57 E, MOSCOW, TN, 38057
Registry ID: 110009331179
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Tex Tin Corp. (Bankruptcy CD)entered 2000-10-11
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 2000-05-31Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2000-06-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-10-11Complaint Filed With Court
- 2000-10-11Concluded
- 2000-10-11Final Order Entered
- 2000-10-11Final Order Lodged
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 23623
- Case number
- 04-2000-0219
- 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 04-2000-0219 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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