# ANODYNE, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `23014`
- **Case Number:** 04-1999-0104
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $350K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- 745 PROPERTY INVESTMENTS
- ABRAMSON, FLOYD H.
- CONTINENTAL EQUITIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- G.D.W. PARTNERSHIP, L.T.D.
- GOLDING, JULIAN J.
- PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
- SUNSHINE ASSOCIATES, L.T.D.
## Summary

ON FEBRUARY 18, 1999, EPA REFERRED AGAINST FOUR PRPS AT THE  ANODYNE, INC., SUPERFUND SITE IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH, DADE     COUNTY, FLORIDA TO RECOVERY EPA'S PAST COSTS AT THE SITE.    THESE PRPS INCLUDE THE CURRENT OWNER AND THREE PRPS WHO      WERE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF DISPOSAL.                         EPA COMPLETED THE REMEDIAL DESIGN FOR ANODYNE, INC., SITE    IN MARCH 1996.  ANODYNE, INC. IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF       CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE.  ANODYNE ENGAGED IN VARIOUS       MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION OF        ANODIZED ALUMINUM PRODUCTS, LITHOGRAPHS, AND SILK SCREEN     PRINTS FROM 1960 TO 1978.  ANODYNE, INC., FILED FOR          BANKRUPTCY IN 1977 AND WAS DISSOLVED IN 1978.                TOTAL COSTS AT THE SITE THROUGH 12/4/98 ARE $1,368,451.34.   OUTSTANDING PAST COSTS AT THE SITE ARE $1,162,667.62.        ALTHOUGH EPA REFERRED AGAINST FOUR PRPS AT THE SITE, REGION  IV EXPECTS THAT THREE OF THE PARTIES WILL ENTER INTO A       CD WITH THE U.S. TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL ACTION FOR ZONE 1.  EPA RECOMMENDED THAT DOJ FILE A SECTION 107(A) COST          RECOVERY ACTION AGAINST THE ZONE 1 PRPS THAT ARE UNWILLING   TO SIGN A TOLLING AGREEMENT.  THE CURRENT OWNER OF ZONE      2 HAS ALREADY SIGNED A TOLLING AGREEMENT.

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