# JOY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. IN RE (99-2194)
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `18722`
- **Case Number:** 03-1999-0383
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.50M
- **Cost recovery:** $7.00M
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JOY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. D/B/A JOY MINING (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE WAS USED UNTIL THE MID-1980S FOR OVERHAULING/REPAIR OF ELECTRICAL MOTORS (FILLED WITH COOLANT CONTAINING PCBS)   FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY.  THE SITE WAS OWNED BY JOY          MANUFACTUIRNG COMPANY FROM 1969-1980 (WHICH MERGED INTO JOY  TECHNOLOGIES, INC.), AFTER WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED BY ELWIN   ALIFF.  IN 1981, ALIFF TRANSFERRED OWNERSHIP OF THE SITE TO  LIN-ELCO CORPORATION, A COMPANY ALSO ENGAGED IN ENGINE       REPAIR IN WHICH ALIFF WAS PRESIDENT AND SOLE SHAREHOLDER.    WASTES GENERATED BY THESE OPERATIONS WERE DISPOSED THROUGH-  OUT THE SITE; PCB CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND IN ON-AND OFF-     SITE SOILS AND RELEASED THROUGH THE DETERIORATION OF ON-SITE BUILDINGS.                                                   EPA HAS REQUESTED THAT COST RECOVERY CLAIMS BE BROUGHT       AGAINST FIVE OWNER/OPERATORS, LIN-ELCO CORPORATION, THE      ESTATE OF ELWIN ALIFF, LINDON TAYLOR, JOY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. D/B/A/ JOY MINING MACHINERY, AND JOY'S SUCCESSOR,            HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES, INC., WHICH ALONG WITH ITS U.S.    SUBSIDIARIES, HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION IN     BANKRUPTCY COURT IN DELAWARE.  EPA HAS REQUESTED THAT DOJ    FILE PROOFS OF CLAIMS IN THE BANKRUPTCY CASES FILED BY JOY,  HARNISCHFEGER AND MINING SERVICES, INC. (A POSSIBLE-RELATED  ENTITY).  THESE ACTION STEM FROM, INTER ALIA, EPA'S          RESPONSE ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH TWO REMOVAL ACTIONS   AT THE SITE RESULTING IN THE INCURRENCE BY EPA OF            APPROXIMATELY $10.8 MILLION.  JOY FA

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