# SCHORSCH, NICHOLAS ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `17413`
- **Case Number:** 03-1996-0295
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $160K
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRUMBAUGH, ROBERT (complaint) (settlement)
- NTFJ CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- SCHORSCH, NICHOLAS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE IS A CERCLA SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY            ACTION STEMMING FROM A CLEANUP PERFORMED BY EPA              AT THE COLEMAN TESTING LABORAOTY SITE, LOCATED IN            A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF NORTH PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA       WITH HEAVILY DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS      LYING WITHIN A MILE OF THE SITE.  THE SITE CONSISTED         OF A THREE STORY BUILDING AND AN UNATTACHED OUTSIDE          GARAGE AAT THE TIME OF A 1992 EPA REMOVAL ACTION.            PRIOR TO 1991, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS OWNED BY THE            COLEMAAN COMPANY/URSULA COLEMAN, THE ENTIRE BUILDING         WAS USED AS A LABORATORY BUSINESS.  THE W.B. COLEMAN         CO OPERATED ON SITE FROM THE 1950S UNTIL 1990 (MOST          RECENTLY UNDER LAB DIRECTOR ROBERT BRUMBAUGH), WHEN          THE BUSINESS (BUT NOT THE PROPERTY) WAS SOLD TO A            NICHOLAS SCHORSCH, WH RENAAMED THE BUSINESS W.B. COLEMAN     TESTING LABORATORY, INC. (REFERRED TO HEREIN AS              NJ COLEMAN).  SCHORSCH OPERATED AT THE SITE LOCATION         FOR ABOUT A YEAR UNTIL JULY 1991 WHEN HE MOVED THE           COMPANY TO RIVERSIDE, NEW JERSEY.  IN OCTOBER 1994, NJ       COLEMAN ENTERED INTO AN ASSET/PURCHASE AGREEMENT             WITH CORRTHERM INC FOR THE SALE OF ALL OF ITS                BUSINESS AASSETS AND ITS NAME.  IN NOVEMBER 1994,            NJ COLEMAN BECAME NTFJ CORPORATION.                             EPA INITIATED THE ONSITE REMOVAL ACTION IN OCTOBER        1992 AND EPA'S ONSITE PRESENCE CONTINU

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