# VEGA ALTA WELLFIELD SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2679`
- **Case Number:** 02-1987-0515
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $2.65M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CARIBE GENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- HARMAN AUTOMOTIVE PR INC (complaint) (settlement)
- MOTOROLA TELCARRO DE PUERTO RICO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- PUERTO RICO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CO (complaint) (settlement)
- TELEDYNE PACKAGING OF PR INC
- WEST CO PLASTIC CONTAINER DIV OF PR
- WEST COMPANY OF PR, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ACTION TO RECOVER PAST COSTS INCURRED BY EPA    IN UNDERTAKING AND/OR FUNDING RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE        VEGA ALTA WELLFIELD SITE (HEREINAFTER,  SITE ), LOCATED      IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VEGA ALTA, PUERTO RICO, AND           ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATIVE, OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT         COSTS.  THE RESPONSE ACTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED          BY EPA AT THE SITE INCLUDE SOIL SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS,       A HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AND A REMEDIAL              INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY (HEREINAFTER,  RI/FS ).  THE SITE IS ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST.  REIMBURSEMENT  IS SOUGHT FROM SIX POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ( PRPS ), EACH OF WHICH IS A PAST OR PRESENT OWNER OR OPERATOR OF      A FACILITY AT THE SITE, FOR PURPOSES OF 42 U.S.C. 9607.        EPA SEEKS THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED RELIEF:  1) RECOVERY OF   ALL PAST COSTS INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE,  AS WELL AS INTEREST, AND ALL COLLECTION COSTS; AND 2) A      DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AS TO THE DEFENDANTS' LIABILITY FOR     FUTURE EXPENSES INCURRED BY EPA AT THE SITE.                 CD CLOSED ON OCTOBER 4, 1996 PRP'S MET ALL OBLIGATIONS PUR-  SUANT TO THE CONSENT DECREE.  CASE CLOSED SAME DATE AS CD.

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