# ABB, INC. ET AL   (SPECTRON DEMINIMIS SETTLEMENT)
> **Judicial** · FY2001 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `19772`
- **Case Number:** 03-2001-0427
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A & E MANUFACTURING CO, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- A&T CHEVROLET (FOT AT&T CHEVROLET INC)
- ABB, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ABBEY DRUM COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES (complaint) (settlement)
- ADHESIVES RESEARCH, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AGRILINK FOODS, INC (F/K/A FINGER LAKES (complaint) (settlement)
- AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AIRPAX CORP LLC, (FOR NORTH AMERICAN PHI (complaint) (settlement)
- AL LANKFORD INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AL MESCHI AUTO BODY (complaint) (settlement)
- AL MILLION & SON BODY SHOP INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ALAN'S COLLISION CENTER (FOR ALAN'S COLL (complaint) (settlement)
- ALCO STANDARD CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- ALDRIDGE FORD, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ALL STATE LEASING (complaint) (settlement)
- ALLEN ORGAN COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ALLENTOWN AUTO BODY (complaint) (settlement)
- ALPHA ASSOCIATES INC(FOR ALPHA ASSOCIATE (complaint) (settlement)
- ALPHA INDUSTRIES, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ALUMAX (FOR ALUMAX, INC) (complaint) (settlement)
- ALUMAX, INC (complaint)
- AMERICAN ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC D/B/A BAE SY (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN INSULATED WIRE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN NICKELOID COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- AMETEK, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ANDERSON AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ANDRITZ, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ARAMARK SERVICES, INC (F/K/A ARA SERVICE (complaint) (settlement)
- ARCS FABRICATORS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ARK-LES CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ARVINMERITOR, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ASHLAND INC (FOR H&N CHEMICAL & GORNET P (complaint) (settlement)
- ASHLAND INC (FOR LEHIGH VALLEY CHEMICAL) (complaint) (settlement)
- ATLANTIC AVIATION CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ATOFINA CHEMICALS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AUTO BODY OF VIENNA (complaint) (settlement)
- AUTO VILLAGE OLDS-CAD-AMC (complaint) (settlement)
- BAE SYSTEMS AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS, INC
- BAILEY CORPORATION (complaint)
- BALL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- BALTIMORE AIRCOIL CO (complaint) (settlement)
- BALTIMORE SUN (THE) (complaint) (settlement)
- BALTIMORE, CITY OF HOUSING AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
- BALTIMORE, CITY OF MARYLAND (settlement)
- BARRETT CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BAYER CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2001, THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR EPA    REGION III SIGNED A GLOBAL CONSENT DECRE WITH 407 PROPOSED   DE MINIMIS SETTLORS, AND A PLAINTIFF GROUP OF PRPS KNOWN AS  THE SPECTRON SITE GROUP ( SSG ), AND REQUESTED THE           DEPARTMENT OF JUSTIFCE ( DOJ ) TO LODGE THE CONSENT DECREE   IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF      MARYLAND, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 106 AND 107(A) OF THE         COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND       LIABILITY ACT OF 1980.  UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, THE        PARTIES WILL PAY APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION OF EPA, AND      APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION TO THE SSG, FOR RESPONSE COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SPECTRON, INC. SUPERFUND SITE LOCATED IN ELKTON, CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND.  IN RETURN, THE DE MINIMIS   SETTLORS RECEIVE EPA'S AND THE SSG'S COVENANT NOT TO SUE,    COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE SITE.  THE SITE IS      CONTAMINATED WITH VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING OF   NEARLY THREE DECADES OF SOLVENT RECLAMATION OPERATIONS       THERE.                                                       ON JAN. 2, 2002, SUPPLEMENTAL REFERRAL TO ADD 62 SETTLING    DEFENDANTS TO PROPOSE DEMINIMIS SETTLEMENT (ORIGINALLY       REFERRED ON SEPT. 28, 2001).                                 ON MAY 28, 2002, FOURTH (4TH) SUPPLEMENTAL REFERRAL FOR THE  SPECTRON DEMINIMIS CONSENT DECREE.  THIS REFERRALS ADDS FOUR (4) SETTTLING PARTIES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SETTLING DEFENDANTS TO 483.

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