# FULTON TERMINALS INC
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2680`
- **Case Number:** 02-1987-0516
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $500K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ADAMS, R.P.
- AGWAY INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP
- ALLIED SIGNAL (complaint) (settlement)
- AMOCO CORPORATION (AMERICAN OIL CO) (complaint) (settlement)
- ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- AUGSBURY CORP
- BENDIX CORP, ALLIED CORP
- BERO CONSTRUCTION
- BIRD INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BOISE CASCADE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- BRISTOL LABORATORIES
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO (complaint) (settlement)
- BRISTOL/INLAND CORP
- BURROUGHS CORP
- CAMDEN WIRE (complaint) (settlement)
- CARRIER CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEMCOAT INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON USA FOR GULF OIL CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- CITGO
- CITIES SERVICES OIL CO
- COLUMBIA MILLS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- COOPER INDUSTRIES (CROUSE HINDS CO) (complaint) (settlement)
- COOPERVISION OPTHA PRODUCTS (complaint) (settlement)
- CRUCIBLE INC (complaint) (settlement)
- D & H WELDING
- DEL-MET CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- DELCO PRODUCTS GMC
- DOMERMUTH PETROLEUM
- DOW CHEMICAL CO (complaint) (settlement)
- E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND CO (complaint) (settlement)
- EICHLEAY CORP
- EVANS CHEMETICS INC
- FARREL CO (complaint) (settlement)
- FULTON TERMINALS INC
- GAF CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GARLOCK CORP, DIV OF COLT INDUSTRIES
- GARLOCK INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GETTY OIL CO/TEXACO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GRIFFISS AIR FORCE BASE
- GULF OIL CO
- GUSTAFSON, E.H.
- HARMON COLORS CORP
- HUDSON OIL STATION
- INDUSTRIAL OIL TANK & LINE CLEANING SER
- INGERSOLL-RAND CO (complaint) (settlement)
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE SENT BY THE GENERATOR DEFENDANTS TO THE PAS SITE FOR DISPOSAL.  BETWEEN 1971 AND 1977,        HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE SHIPPED IN BULK FROM THE PAS SITE  TO THE FULTON SITE.  SUBSTANCES OF THE TYPES KNOWN TO HAVE   BEEN SENT BY THE GENERATOR DEFENDANTS, IN BULK, TO THE PAS   SITE DURING THE RELEVANT PERIOD ARE ALSO KNOWN TO HAVE       BEEN PRESENT AT THE FULTON SITE.  EACH SUCH PAS GENERATOR IS THEREFORE ALSO A GENERATOR AT THE FULTON SITE.  EPA HAS      INCURRED COSTS IN CONDUCTING REMOVAL AND REMEDIAL ACTIONS    AT THE FULTON SITE.  EPA'S THEORY HOLDING THE PROPOSED       GENERATOR DEFENDANTS LIABLE FOR THE CONDITIONS AT THE        FULTON SITE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY SEVERAL COURTS.  THE        ACTION AGAINST THE OWNERS AND OR OPERATOR OF THE             FULTON SITE IS BASED UPON THAT PARTY'S OWNERSHIP OF THE      SITE.                                                          EPA SEEKS PROPOSED RELIEF OF:  1) RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS    WHICH HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, AS WELL AS PRE-JUDGMENT INTEREST; B) CIVIL PENALTIES AND     PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE   ORDER; AND C) A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AS TO THE DEFENDANTS'   LIABILITY FOR FUTURE EXPENSES TO BE INCURRED BY EPA AT THE   SITE.                                                        *                                                            CONSENT DECREE WAS ENTERED CD# 02-1992-C002                  *                                     

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