# ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP. ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `11193`
- **Case Number:** 03-1987-0125
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $436K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DIVIS
- ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERADA HESS CORPORATION
- AUBURN TECHNOLOGY, INC. (FORMERLY ALCO
- AVCO CORPORATION
- AVIS RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC.
- BASF CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- BEAZER MATERIAL & SERVICES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BFI
- BORG WARNER CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- BUCKEYE PIPE LINE COMPANY
- CARRIER CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- CATERPILLAR, INC.
- CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. (SUCCESSOR OF GULF
- CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- COLLEGE PARK, MD CITY OF
- CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION
- COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC. (SUCCESSOR OF CR
- CROSMAN CORPORATION
- CRUCIBLE MATERIALS CORPORATION
- DANA CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- DART INDUSTRIES INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EVEREADY BATTERY CO., INC.
- EXXON CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- FORD MOTOR CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- GAF CORPORATION
- GOULDS PUMPS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HEROUX, INC.
- HERTZ CORPORATION, THE
- HI-WAY AUTO & TRUCK SERVICE, INC.
- HITCHCOCK GAS ENGINE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- INGERSOLL-RAND CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MACK TRUCKS
- MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED
- MILLER BREWING
- MILLER BREWING COMPANY
- MOBIL OIL CORPORATION
- MOBILE DREDGING AND PUMPING
- NEAPCO INC (settlement)
- NEAPCO, INC. (complaint)
- NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION
- OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINES
- PABST BREWING COMPANY
- POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
- PRAT-WHITNRY (complaint)
- REVERE COPPER PRODUCTS, INC.
- REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY
- ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
## Summary

A CERCLA SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTION NECESSARY TO    RECOVER APPROXIAMATELY $735,000.00 WHICH EPA HAD EXPENDED    AT THE BUTLER TUNNEL HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE. THE DEFENDANTS,   NOW NUMBERING 23 SEPARATE PRP'S, ARE GENERATORS OF THE       HAZARDOUS WASTES DUMPED AT THE SITE. DEFENDANTS ARE ALSO     OPERATORS OF THE DUMP SITE.                                  09/30/95:  ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1995, THIS PRN CONCERNING THE    BUTLER TUNNEL SITE IN PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY,     PENNYSLVANIA HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ANTICIPATION OF            NEGOTIATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE OF REMEDIAL ACTION AND RECOVERY OF RESPONSE COSTS UNDER SECTIONS 106 AND 107 OF THE          COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND      LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C.      SECTION 9606 AND 9607.  EPA ANTICIPATES THAT IT WILL ISSUE   A RECORD OF DECISION ( ROD ) FOR THIS SITE IN JUNE 1995.     EPA HAS PREPARED A PROPOSED REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN ( PROPOSED  PLAN ) WHICH WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1994.  SPECIAL      NOTICE LETTERS FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMDIAL ACTION { RD/RA }  ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ISSUANCE     OF THE ROD.  EPA SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE      ( DOJ ) A CIVIL LITIGATION REPORT FOR THIS SITE ON           JUNE 30, 1987 SEEKING REMOVAL COSTS INCURRED BY EPA AT THE   SITE AS A RESULT OF THE SEPTEMBER 1985 RELEASE FROM THE      BUTLER TUNNEL.                                                   SEVENTEEN POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE P

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