EPA v. TRY-CHEM CORP.
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$287,810
Case summary
IN MAY OF 1988 AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THE TRY-CHEM CORP. SITE. APPROXIMATELY 150 DRUMS AND 30-40 VATS OF CYANIDES AND ACIDS WERE REMOVED. TRY-CHEM CORP. FILED FOR CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY IN 1985. THE OPERATOR FILED FOR PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THE REMOVAL ACTION COST APPROXIMATELY $315,000. THE PROPERTY HAS APPRO- XIMATELY $300,000 IN BANK TAXES OWED ON IT. WE BELIEVE THE PROPERTY TO BE WORTH LESS THAN $100,000.
Defendants (1)
- TRY-CHEMNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TRY CHEM CORP
1333 W PIERCE ST, MILWAUKEE, WI, 53204
Registry ID: 110005435877
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107 — Superfund
Enforcement conclusions (1)
TRY-CHEM CORP.entered 1991-04-19
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1989-03-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1990-09-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1991-04-19Final Order Issued
- 1991-07-05Compliance Achieved
- 1991-07-05Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 27131
- Case number
- 05-1989-0071
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- SWER
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1989-0071 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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