# J.V. PETERS ET. AL
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25312`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0071
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $364K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DAVID SHILLMAN (complaint) (settlement)
- DOROTHY BRUEGGEMYER (complaint) (settlement)
- GEAUGA DIVISION, CARLISLE CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- J.V. PETERS AND CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- JOHN VAZI (complaint) (settlement)
- RENOLD, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- WESTINGHOUSE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  THIS ACTION INVOLVES A FACILITY LOCATED  IN A RURAL AMISH AREA OF NORTHEAST OHIO. THE STREET ADDRESS  IS 17030 PETERS ROADS, MIDDLEFIELD,OHIO. THE FIRM ORIGINALL Y BEGAN HANDLING HAZARDOUS WASTES IN THE EARLY PART OF 1980, AT ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE RCRA REGULATIONS WERE PROMUGATED.   THE SITE INCLUDES ABOUT TWO ACRES, AND IS BORDERED ALONG I TS LONGER, EAST AND WEST FACES BY FARMLAND THAT IS USED FOR  BOTH GRAZING AND CROP PRODUCTION. CATTLE WERE OBSERVED GRAZI NG RIGHT UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE, W/I A FEW A FEET OF BARREL S OF WASTE LOCATED ON THE SITE. THE SOUTH BOUNDARY IS A STAT E ROAD USED BY AMISH CHILDREN TO WALK TO SCHOOL,AND A WOODED WETLAND IS AT THE NORTH.                                       THE SITE WAS ORIGINALLY LEASED, WITH AN OPTION TO PURCHASE , BY ONE DAVID SHILLMAN, A HARVARD LAW SCHOOL GRADUATE WHOSE LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW IN OHIO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BY THAT S TATE'S SUPREME COURT. HE OPERATED ORIGINALLY IN THE FORM OF  A PARTNERSHIP, IN WHICH HE WAS THE GENERAL PARTNER. HE FILED A RCRA NOTIFICATION AND PART A APPLICATION IN JULY 1980, ACH IEVING INTERIM STATUS THEREBY, AND SIGNED THOSE DOCUMENTS AS  SECRETARY-TREASURER  OF J.V. PETERS AND CO.                    HE INCORPORATED IN LATE JANUARY,1981, SHORTLY AFTER THE S TATE OF OHIO BEGAN TO TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE SITE DU E TO GROSS VIOLATIONS OF THE INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS UNDER  RCRA. THE FACILITY WAS NEVER FENCED, AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL MO NTHS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE COMPLIANCE

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