# CROSS BROTHERS - JAMES
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25207`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0022
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $2.91M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A & B CONTAINER CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- ACME PRINTING INK COMPANY
- ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP.
- ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP. (CLEVELAND)
- BAGCRAFT CORPORATION OF AMERICA
- CENTRAL SOLVENTS AND CHEMICAL CO.
- CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA
- CROSS, ABNER
- CROSS, JAMES (complaint) (settlement)
- E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS
- FREDRICK H. LEVEY CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- GLIDDEN COATINGS & RESINS / SCM CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- GRAPHIC COLOR COMPANY
- INMONT CORP. / BASF (complaint) (settlement)
- JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC.
- KRUEGER RINGIER INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTIN SENOUR CORPORATION
- REICHOLD CHEMICALS
- ROBERTS & PORTER
- SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SPECIALTY COATINGS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- STEEL CONTAINER CORP.
- SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
- UNITED COATINGS INCORPORATED
## Summary

THIS PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION INVOLVES THE CROSS BROTHER'S PAIL RECYCLING FACILITY LOCATED IN PEMBROKE TOWNSHIP, KANKAKEE    COUNTY, ILLINOIS.  THE FACILITY WAS OPERATED BY JAMES AND    ABNER CROSS FROM APPROX. 1961 THROUGH 1980 AS A BARREL AND   PAIL RECLAMATION FACILITY.  THE FACILITY IS LOCATED ON AP-   PROX. 20 ACRES IN RURAL KANKAKEE OWNED BY THE CROSS BROTHERS AND USED FOR THEIR RECLAMATION OPERATION.                    -                                                            THE OPERATION ITSELF WAS EXTREMELY HAPHAZARD, RESULTING IN   THE RELEASE OF GREAT QUANTITIES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO   THE ENVIRONMENT.  IT WAS THE PRACTICE OF THE CROSS BROTHERS  TO BRING BARRELS AND OTHER CONTAINERS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS   SUBSTANCES TO THE FACILITY WHERE THEY WOULD BE OVERTURNED TO EMPTY THE CONTENTS ONTO THE GROUND.  THE CONTAINERS WOULD    THEN BE PARTIALLY FILLED WITH SOLVENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DI SSOLVING ANY REMAINING RESIDUE.  THIS MIXTURE WOULD THEN BE  DUMPED ON THE GROUND OR WOULD BE IGNITED AND ALLOWED TO BURN OUT ANY REMAINING RESIDUE.  FOLLOWING THE DUMPING AND BURN-  ING PROCESS THE BARRELS AND CONTAINERS WOULD BE SANDBLASTED, REPAINTED AND SOLD.  OVER THE YEARS OF OPERATION, THIS PRO-  CESS RESULTED IN THE INDISCRIMINATE RELEASE OF A GREAT A-    MOUNT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE ENVIRONMENT.            -                                                            MANY BARRELS AND CONTAINERS WHICH WERE NOT CAPABLE OF RECON- DITIONING WERE BURIED ON SITE IN ANY

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