EPA v. HUTH OIL SITE
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$210,000
Case summary
THE HUTH OIL SITE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO WAS A WASTE OIL RECLA- MATION FACILITY THAT OPERATED FROM 1938 TO 1990. THE WASTE OIL WAS PURPORTEDLY 75% CRANKCASE OIL, 20% OFF-SPECIFICATION OIL FROM MOBIL OIL CORP., AND 5% FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SOURCES. THE HUTH SITE PROCESSED 700,000 GALLONS OF WASTE OIL PER YEAR. AMONG THE THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH POSED BY THE FACILITY WERE PCB'S AS HIGH AS 1120 PARTS PER MILLION LEFT STORED IN WASTE OIL TANKS. THE PRPS WHO PERFORMED THE CLEAN- UP OF THE SITE PURSUANT TO A CERCLA SEC. 106(A) UNILATERAL ORDER ESTIMATE THAT THEY SPENT $11 MILLION.
Defendants (1)
- HUTH OIL SITENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
HUTH OIL GROUP
2891 EAST 83RD STREET, CLEVELAND, OH, 44104
Registry ID: 110009343040
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
HUTH OIL SITEentered 1997-07-25
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1997-07-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-07-25Final Order Issued
- 1997-09-24Enforcement Action Closed
- 1997-10-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30393
- Case number
- 05-1997-0476
- 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 05-1997-0476 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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