# KOPPERS INDUSTRIES, INC. COST RECOVERY
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20725`
- **Case Number:** 04-1991-0050
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $1.29M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BEAZER EAST INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CSX TRANSPORTATION INC (complaint) (settlement)
- KOPPERS INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SITE CONSISTS OF 3 PIECES OF ADJACENT PROPERTY. ALL 3 OF     THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS ARE LIABLE AS OWNERS. ONE IS THE     CURRENT OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A PORTION OF THE SITE. THE     OTHER 2 ARE PAST OWNERS AT THE TIME OF DISPOSAL. EPA SEEKS   TO RECOVER PAST COSTS FOR A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR AN RI  CONDUCTED IN 1987, SINCE TWO OF THE POTENTIAL PRPS REFUSED   TO SETTLE WITH EPA FOR AN RD/RA, THIS CASE IS REFERRED AS    PART OF THE NON-SETTLER/NON-COMPLIER INITIATIVE.

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