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YERGER BROTHERS, INC., IN RE

Judicial · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 17391

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Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1996-0272
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1993, EPA FILED AN ADMINISTATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST YERGER BROTHERS, INC. ALLEGING THAT YERGER BROTHRS VIOLATED EPCRA SECTION 313 ON FIVE OCCASIONS. DURING THE COURSE OF EPAS ADMIN. ACTION, YERGER BROS. WAS FORCED INTO INVOLUNTARY CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY IN AUGUST 1995. IT WAS LATER CONVERTED TO CHAPTER 11 PROCEEDINGS. IN DECEMBER 1995 THE AOJ FOUND YERGER BROS LIABLE FOR ALL FIVE VIOLATIONS ALLEGED. YERGER BROS AGREED TO SETTLE THE REMAINING PENALTY ISSUE FOR A PENALTY OF $64,500. THE BANKRUPTCY REFERRAL REQUESTS DOJ FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM AGAINST YERGER BROS IN ORDER TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE PENALTY.

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