# ELECTRO-MET COAL COMPANY, IN RE
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `11705`
- **Case Number:** 03-1987-0673
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $30K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ELECTRO-MET COAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE IS A PROPOSED CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF ADMINI- STRATIVE EXPENSES IN BANKRUPTCY.                               THE SITE CONSISTS OF A DEFUNCT COAL MINING OPERATION AND   IS CONTAMINATED WITH POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS (PCB'S). IN   RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT REGARDING VANDELIZED       ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS, EPA CONDUCTED TSCA INSPECTIONS ON   SEPTEMBER 10, 1986 AND ON MAY 6, 1987. TSCA INSPECTORS       SAMPLED IN FIVE LOCATIONS.                                     ON AUGUST 19, 1987, EPA'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE TEAM IN-  VESTIGATED THE SITE AND TOOK SIX ADDITIONAL SAMPLES. EPA     CONDUCTED A REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE BEGINNING ON OCT. 16, 1987 TO REMOVE THE TRANSFORMERS LOCATED ON-SITE AND TO EX-   CAVATE AND DISPOSE OF CONTAMINATED SOIL.                       ELECTRO-MET COAL COMPANY IS THE OWNER OF THE HUTCHINSON    MINE. THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF SITE CONDITIONS AND REFUSED TO   CONDUCT THE REMOVAL.

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*