# WAYNE RECLAMATION AND RECYLING INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27327`
- **Case Number:** 05-1990-0042
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $763K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- 888 DEMINIMIS PRPS (complaint) (settlement)
- ACTIVE PRODUCTS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GRIPCO FASTENERS (complaint) (settlement)
- R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- RIEKE CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- STANADYNE, INC.
- STATE OF INDIANA V. HOLMES & CO., INC. (settlement)
- UNIVERSAL TOOL & STAMPING CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- WAYNE RECLAMATION AND RECYCLING INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE SITE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED AND FARMED BY THE     WIDDIFIELD FAMILY.  IN 1953, THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY   TWO PARTIES:  DANIEL BROTHERS' MEAT PACKING HOUSE OPERATED   A SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE SITE, AND   COLUMBIA CITY OPENED A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL IN THE NORTHEAST   AREA.  THE LANDFILL CLOSED IN 1970.  THE CITY SOLD 2.7.      ACRES TO HOLMES & CO., A WHOLESALE LUMBER CONCERN, IN 1959,  AND IN 1973 DANIEL BROTHERS' SOLD ITS PROPERTY TO FREDERICK  SHALLOT, A MANUFACTURER OF HARDWOOD CRADLES AND COMMERCIAL   HANDLES.                                                     -                                                            IN 1975, WAYNE BROCKMAN PURCHASED APPROX. 12 ACRES FROM      SHALLOT AND 13.6 ACRES FROM THE CITY AND BEGAN AN OIL RE-    CLAMATION AND LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT OPERATION.  BROCKMAN,   AFTER INCORPORATING WRR, EXPANDED HIS OPERATIONS WHEN HE     OBTAINED A LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF INDIANA TO HAUL INDUS-  TRIAL LIQUID WASTES IN 1976.  THIS LICENSE WAS RENEWED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1985.  AN INVESTIGATION BY THE INDIANA STATE    BOARD OF HEALTH IN 1980 REVEALED SIGNES OF ON-SITE DISPOSAL  OF HAZARDOUS WASTES, AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WRR HAD FILED FALSE WASTE HAULER REPORTS.  WRR CLAIMED TO    HAVE DISPOSED OF 250,000 GALLONS OF SLUDGE AT THE WILLIAMS   COUNTY LANDFILL IN BRYAN, OHIO FROM FEBRUARY, 1979 THROUGH   MAY, 1980; HOWEVER, THE LANDFILL DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WASTE   SHIPMENTS FROM WRR DURING THAT PERIO

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