# RE-SOLVE, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `191`
- **Case Number:** 01-1989-0030
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $1.22M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- C.M. LABORATORIES INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CIRCUIT WISE MULTILAYER PRODUCTS GROUP (complaint) (settlement)
- CIRCUITS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CORNELL-DUBILIER ELECTRONICS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- DANVERS MOTOR COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- DESOTO SOFT ENAMELING (complaint) (settlement)
- DYTE CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- FEDERAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- HOLYOKE CARD AND PAPER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- JACKSON, WILLIAM F. (complaint) (settlement)
- NYCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PLYMOUTH RUBBER COMPANY INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- RAYBETH TOOL & DIE CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- RE-SOLVE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- RUSSELECTRIC, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SAGAMORE INDUSTRIAL FINISH CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- VULCAN CORPORATION/AMESBURY PLASTICS (complaint) (settlement)
- WATERLAC INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL AGAINST THE REMAINING NONSETTLERS FOLLOWS      SEVERAL SETTLEMENTS WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES.  THE FIRST WAS A COMPREHENSIVE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT THAT WAS ENTERED ON MAY  31, 1989 ( U.S. VS ADAC CORP ).  THE AGREEMENT PROVIDED FOR  56 PARTIES TO CONDUCT A CLEANUP ESTIMATED TO COST $30        MILLION, FOR 168 DE MINIMIS TO CASH OUT, AND FOR PARTIES TO  REIMBURSE EPA A TOTAL OF $8.1 MILLION.                                AN ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT WITH 168 DE MINIMIS    PARTIES PROVIDES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF 43.8 MILLION, AND A    COST RECOVERY SETTLEMENT UNDER SEC.122(H) OF CERCLA WITH 1   PARTY PROVIDES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF $1.7 MILLION.            THE RECOMMENDED LITIGATION STRATEGY IS TO SEEK A DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT THAT THE DEFENDANTS ARE LIABLE UNDER SECTION 107A  OF CERCLA FOR COSTS AT THE SITE AS COSTS ARE INCURRED IN THE FUTURE.                                                      RE-SOLVE, INC. OPERATED AS A WASTE CHEMICAL RECLAMATION      FACILITY FROM 1956 UNTIL ITS CLOSURE IN 1980. A VARIETY OF   HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE HANDLED AT THE SITE, INCLUDING PCBS SOLVENTS, OILS, ACIDS AND ALKALIES.                          THE POTENTIAL DEFENDANTS RECOMMENDED BY THE REGION INCLUDES  23                                                           GENERATOR PARTIES WHO HAVE REFUSED EARLIER SETTLEMENT        OPPORTUNITIES.

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