# BERLIN & FARRO LIQUID INCINERATION
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25159`
- **Case Number:** 05-1982-0043
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $494K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AABCO OIL COMPANY
- ACME OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ACTION AUTOMOTIVE (complaint) (settlement)
- ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL SUPPLY (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS (complaint) (settlement)
- AMOCO OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ANCHOR MOTOR FREIGHT (complaint) (settlement)
- ANDERSON TANK & MFG. CO.
- ANN ARBOR R.R.
- APPROVED INDUSTRIAL REMOVAL
- ARDEN CLARK
- ASBURY TANKER SERRVICE
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- AUTOMOBILE SPECIALISTIES CORP.
- B & M CARTAGE CO.,INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- B&B PAINT CORPORATION
- BAKER PERKINS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BARBIER SUPPLY
- BARELL, INC.
- BENDER & LOUDON
- BERLIN & FARRO LIQUID INCINERATION, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BIERLEIN BUILDING MOVERS
- BIGELOW-MCFADDEN SEPTIC TANK SYSTEMS (complaint) (settlement)
- BORIS TRUCKING
- BRADFORD-WHITE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- BRUCE CARTAGE CO.
- BRUNSWICK CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- BULLDOG OIL CO.
- BURTON, MI, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- BURWOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- C & S MOTORS
- CARMAN-AINSWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT (complaint) (settlement)
- CARTERS' ROAD OILING
- CAST FORGE
- CELANESE PLASTICS & SPECIALTIES CO.
- CENTRAL QUALITY SERVICES
- CHARLES BERLIN
- CHEM-MAT SERVICES, INC.
- CHEMICAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHIEFTAIN OIL CO/BYRON ELEVATOR CO (complaint) (settlement)
- CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- CLIFF, BILL
- CLIFTON BERLIN
- CLIO, MI, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- CONSUMER'S POWER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- CONTAINER SPECIALTIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CORDER LEASING
- CORRISION CONTROL
- CUNNINGHAM-LIMP CO.
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE EPA, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,    STATE OF MICHIGAN AND 10 GENERATOR COMPANIES RESULTED        IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSENT DECRE AND WORKPLAN WHICH     PROVIDED FOR THE CLEANUP OF SURFACE AREAS OF THE BERLIN AND  FARRO SITE.  THE GENERATOR COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO COMMENCE AND COMPLETE THE CLEANUP.  THE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP EFFORT,     WHICH BEGAN ON MARCH 22, 1984, IS CURRENTLY DIRECTED BY THE  EPA ON-SCENE COORDINATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEGOTIATED   CONSENT DECREE AND WORKPLAN.                                      THE CONSENT DECREE WAS LODGED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT       COURT CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE COMPLAINT WHICH WILL        IDENTIFY AS DEFENDANTS ONLY SETTLING PARTIES.  THE EPA MAY   PROCEED AGAINST ANY NON-SETTLING PARTIES AT A LATER          POINT.                                                            THE CASE AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS (SETTLING DEFENDANTS)   REFLECTS THE NEGOTIATIONS.  FIRST, EPA SEEKS TO RECOVER      $350,000 FROM THE DEFENDANTS.  APPROXIMATELY $750,000 HAS    BEEN EXPENDED BY THE EPA AT THE BERLIN AND FARRO SITE:       $92,000 WAS EXPENDED DURING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTION     IN 1982; $600,000 WAS EXPENDED DURING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE  ACTION IN 1983; AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR REGION V HAVE   BEEN ASSESSED TO BE $58,000.  SECOND, EPA SEEKS TO REQUIRE   THAT THE SETTLING DEFENDANTS IMPLEMENT THE AUGUST 31, 1983   FOCUSED FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH RECOMM

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