# ARCANUM IRON & METAL - SHANE, HAROLD M.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27173`
- **Case Number:** 05-1989-0118
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $462K
- **Compliance action $:** $5.80M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ACE BATTERY (complaint)
- AMERICAN COMPRESSED STEEL (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- HAROLD SHANE (complaint) (settlement)
- INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ITT CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- KOKOMO TIRE AND AUTO CEBTER (complaint) (settlement)
- MIAMI INDUSTRIAL TRUCK (complaint) (settlement)
- MIDWEST IRON AND METAL (complaint) (settlement)
- MONROE SCRAP MATERIAL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                           ARCANUM IRON AND METAL (AIM) OPERATED A LEAD BATTERY REPRO-  CESSING FACILITY IN DARKE COUNTY, OH FROM THE EARLY 1960'S   TO 1982.                                                     OPERATIONS AT THE SITE INVOLVED OPENING BATTERY CASINGS;     DUMPING THE ACID ON THE GROUND; SMELTING THE LEAD AND STOCK- PILING THE BATTERY CASINGS, FRAGMENTS AND CHIPS FOR LATER    REMOVAL.  CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND GROUNDEATER FROM THE     OPERATION WAS FOUND IN TEST CONDUCTED BY THE OHIO EPA AND    AIM.  TEST RESULTS SUGGESTED POSSIBLE LEAD AND OTHER METAL   CONTAMINATION IN THE SOIL, GROUNDWATER, AND DRAINAGE SEDI-   MENT.                                                        IN DECEMBER 1982, THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORI TIES LIST (NPL) OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES.  REMEDIAL INVESTI- GATION (RI) FIELD ACTIVITIES TO DEFINE THE EXTENT OF CONTAMI NATION AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY (FS) TO EVALUATE POSSIBLE     REMEDIES FOR CLEANUP BEGAN IN 1984.  NOTICE LETTERS WERE     SENT TO HAROLD M. SHANE, THE RECOMMENDED DEFENDANT PRIOR TO  THE RI, SEEKING HIS PARICIPATION IN THE UNDERTAKING OF THE   REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY (RI/FS), AND    AGAIN IN JUNE OF 1985, FOR THE CLEAN UP OF THE SITE.  AS A   RESULT OF SERIES OF UNPRODUCTIVE NEGOTIATIONS AND REPEATED   DELAYS IN THE PRODUCTION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION NECESSARY  TO DETERMINE IF ACTIONS COULD BE PROPERLY PERFORMED, THE U.S EPA FUNDED BOTH ACTIONS.            

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