# SAUNDERS SUPPLY, ET AL.
> **Judicial** · FY2002 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `19916`
- **Case Number:** 03-2002-0134
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HOWELL FAMILY LTD. PARTNERSHIP (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
- HOWELL, PARKER D. III (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
- HOWELL, SAMUEL B. (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
- SAUNDERS SUPPLY COMPANY (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
- SAUNDERS, TURPIN A. (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CIVIL LITIGATION REPORT REFERRING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF       JUSTICE A CIVIL ACTION UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT, AS AMENDED,       ( CERCLA ), CONCERNING THE SAUNDERS SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.     SUPERFUND SITE.  IN THIS REFERRAL, WE RECOMMEND THAT DOJ     FILE AN ACTION UNDER SECTIONS 107 AND 113 OF CERCLA, 42      U.S.C. SECTION 9607 AND 9613, AND THE DECLARATORY JUDGMENT   ACT, 28 U.S.C. SECTION 2201, AGAINST SAUNDERS SUPPLY CO.,    INC., SAUNDERS SUPPLY COMPANY, THE HOWELL FAMILY LTD         PARTNERSHIP AND MR. T.A. SAUNDERS ( RECOMMENDED DEFENDANTS ) FOR RECOUPMENT AND DECLARATORY RELIEF IN CONNECTION WITH     APPROXIMATELY $24,000,000.00 IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS          INCURRED BY EPA.  THIS W3ILL RESULT IN AN ABILITY TO PAY     CASH OUT.  BASED ON THE RESPECTIVE ABILITY TO PAY OF EACH    RECOMMENDED DEFENDANT.

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