EPA v. PEERLESS PLATING
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$157,836
Case summary
CASE REFERRED FOR FILING A COST RECOVERY LAWSUIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 107(A) OF CERCLA. TOTAL ESTIMATED UNREIMBURSED RESPONSE COSTS ARE $9,000,000. USEPA IS CURRRENTLY CONDUCTING THE RD/RA AT THE SITE. THE DEFENDANT IS SCOTT MUSSELMAN, OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE PEERLESS PLATING CO., INC. ELECTROPLATING WASTEWATERS WERE DISPOSED OF INTO UNLINED SEEPAGE LAGOONS AT THE SITE, CAUSING CONTAMINATION OF THE SOILS AND GROUNDWATER. THE PEERLESS PLATING CO. IS BANKRUPT AND USEPA IS PURSUING MR. MUSSELMAN AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
Defendants (1)
- MUSSELMAN, SCOTT A.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PEERLESS PLATING COMPANY INCORPORATED
2554 GETTY STREET, MUSKEGON, MI, 49444
Registry ID: 110003583989
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
SCOTT A. MUSSELMANentered 1996-10-22
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1994-07-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1995-03-29Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1996-03-28Complaint Filed With Court
- 1996-10-22Final Order Lodged
- 1996-10-22Final Order Entered
- 1996-10-26Concluded
- 1998-05-11Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 29156
- Case number
- 05-1995-0138
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- MMBII
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1995-0138 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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