EPA v. IN RE UNIROYAL PLASTICS CORP. ET AL (BANKRUPTCY)

Case summary

UNIROYAL, INC. DISPOSED OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE RED OAK LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE, AND SO WOULD BE A PRP AT THE SITE, BUT UNIROYAL, INC. UNDERWENT A LEVERAGED BUYOUT AND BECAME PRIVATELY HELD IN 1985 AND THEN WAS DISMANTLED AND DISSOLVED. ONE OF THE COMPONENT PARTS BECAME UNIROYAL PLASTICS CORPORATION, NOW IN BANKRUPTCY, WHICH NEVER OPERATED AT RED OAK, BUT WHICH IS A POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO LIABILITY AT THE RED OAK SITE THROUGH ITS PREDECESSOR, UNIROYAL, INC. EPA HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM AGAINST UNIROYAL PLASTICS IN THE CONSOLIDATED BANKRUPTCY OF UP AND SEVERAL OTHER JESSUP GROUP COMPANIES. REGION VII HAS REFERRED THE LIABILITIES FROM THE RED OAK SITE TO DOJ FOR FILING OF A PROOF OF CLAIM IN THE BANKRUPTCY ACTION.

Defendants (3)

• UNIROYAL HOLDING, INC.Named in complaint
• UNIROYAL PLASTICS CORP.Named in complaint
• UNIROYAL, INC.Named in complaint

Facilities (1)

• RED OAK CITY LANDFILL

  US 34 HWY 48 1 MI W ON HWY 34, RED OAK, IA, 51566

  Registry ID: 110009279299

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• **PROPOSED SETTLEMENT**

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1988-11-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1992-02-04Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1992-02-14Complaint Filed With Court
• 1992-09-01Final Order Lodged
• 1992-09-01Final Order Entered
• 1992-09-01Concluded
• 1993-02-04Enforcement Action Closed