# ALBURN/AMERICAN INCINERATOR, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25345`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $163K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A-1 DISPOSAL (complaint) (settlement)
- ALMA PRODUCTS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- BELL & HOWELL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BELL LUMBER & POLE CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- FARADAY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HEXCEL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (complaint) (settlement)
- KELSEY - HAYNES COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- MARTIN CHEVROLET SALES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- TECHNICAL PETROLEUM CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- WHIRLPOOL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REFERRAL OF ALBURN/AMERICAN INCINERATOR, INC.                COST RECOVERY CASE                                             CASE SUMMARY                                                    THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,      REGION V PERFORMED AN IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION AT THE        ALBURN SITE IN SOUTH CHICAGO FROM JULY THROUGH NOVEMBER OF   1983.  THE ACTION INCLUDED REMOVAL OF THOUSANDS OF DRUMS     AND THIRTY-SIX BULK TANKS, PROPER DISPOSAL OF THEIR          HAZARDOUS CONTENTS, EMPTYING AND DISMANTLING OF A SCRUBBER   WATER PIT AND INSTALLATION OF A SECURITY FENCE.  THE COST    OF THE PROJECT WAS APPROXIMATELY $1,132,700.  THERE ARE      MULTIPLE SITE OWNERS, OPERATORS AND WASTE GENERATORS AND     TRANSPORTERS WHO MAY BE NAMED AS DEFENDANTS IN A COST        RECOVERY ACTION.  THIS ACTION WAS PREVIOUSLY REFERRED        APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO BUT WAS RETURNED TO PERMIT NEGO-  TIATIONS WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE      SETTLEMENT.  WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED THE ATTACHMENTS TO THIS LITIGATION REPORT AT THE TIME OF AN EARLIER REFERRAL    REFERRAL, AND THEY ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.  THOSE     NEGOTIATIONS DID NOT RESULT IN A FULL COST RECOVERY.  AS A   RESULT, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER BE REFERRED TO    THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR FILING.

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