# DIAMOND REO TRUCKS, INC. -
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27025`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0329
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $300K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DIAMOND REO TRUCKS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS ACTION IS AGAINST DIAMOND REO TRUCKS, INC., A BANK-   RUPT POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY REGARDING THE LIQUID DIS- POSAL, INC. (LDI) SITE, AND RECOVERY OF COSTS SPENT PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION,   AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED (CERCLA) IS AUTHORIZED UNDER CERCLA SECTION 107.  DIAMOND REO TRUCKS HAS AGREED TO  PAY USEPA $300,000 AS A PRIORITY CLAIM TO RESOLVE ITS LIABI- LITIES REGARDING LDI.  AS DESCRIBED BELOW, THE SETTLEMENT IS VERY FAVORABLE TO THE AGENCY.                                   A.  NATURE OF DIAMOND REO'S INVOLVEMENT AT THE LDI SITE   THE LDI SITE IS A 6.8 ACRE PROPERTY IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP,      MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN, UPON WHICH LDI CONDUCTED A LIQUID   DISPOSAL, INCINERATION, AND TREATMENT OPERATION.  THE LDI    SITE IS LOCATED APPROX 1/4 MI SOUTH OF THE CLINTION RIVER IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE ROCHESTER-UTICA RECREATION ARE AREA AND THE SHADBUSH TRACT NATURE STUDY AREA.  THE SITE IS  PRESENTLY LISTED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST.              CERTAIN RECORDS AND PAPERS INDICATE THAT, PRIOR TO 12/6/74 DIAMOND REO GENERATED 187,000 GALLONS OF WASTE THAT CONTAIN- ED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECT 101(14)  OF CERCLA, 42 USC SECT 9601(14), WHICH WERE TRANSPORTED TO   AND DISPOSED OF AT THE LDI SITE.  THESE DIAMOND REO-GENERA-  TED WASTES REPRESENT APPROX 0.25% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF     WASTES DEPOSITED AT THE LDI SITE.                               B.  NATURE OF THE USEPA RESPONSE AC

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