# PIPER AIRCRAFT SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `21052`
- **Case Number:** 04-1994-0257
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $517K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION PRODUCTION PROCESSESS AND         DISPOSAL PRACTICES RESULTED IN SPILLS TAHT CAUSED            TRICHLOROETHYLENE CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE.  PIPER AIRCRAFT IS THE SOLE LANDOWNER/OPERATOR DEFENDANT, AND AS SUCH IS LIABLE FOR RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA.        EPA HAS NEGOTIATED AND PIPER AIRCRAFT HAS SIGNED A CONSENT   DECREE AGREEING TO REIMBURSE PAST AND FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS  AND TO CONDUCT GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION AS PROVIDED IN A      RECORD OF DECISION ISSUED BY EPA.                            PIPER, A PETITIONER IN BANKRUPTCY, HAS OBTAINED APPROVAL BY  IT CREDITORS' COMMITTEE AND EXPECTS BANKRUPTCY COURT         APPROVAL FOR THE CD SHORTLY.

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