# E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27391`
- **Case Number:** 05-1990-0106
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $5.20M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BOWERS, JOHN - ESTATE OF
- E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ELLEN BOWERS, EXEC. OF THE ESTATE/ JOHN
- GENERAL ELECTRIX COMPANY
- GEORGIA - PACIFIC CORPORTION
- METS, LARRY DISMISSED
- PPG INDUSTRIES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

-                                                            CONSEQUENTLY, WE SEEK THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WHICH SEEKS  JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS FOR ALL RESPONSE COSTS IN-  CURRED, AND A DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT ON LIABILITY FOR RE-     SPONSE COSTS OR DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY THE UNITED  STATES.                                                      -                                                            IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ON JUNE 30, 1989, A UNILATERAL  ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 106 WAS ISSUED TO THE FOUR DEFEND- ANTS.  THE DEFENDANTS HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER'S TERMS.  WE ARE NOT, HOWEVER, SEEKING ENFORCEMENT OF THIS     ORDER OR TREBLE DAMAGES AT THIS TIME FOR REASONS SET FORTH   HEREIN.                                                      THE BOWERS LANDFILL SITE IS LOCATED IN PICKAWAY COUNTY, 2    MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF CIRCLEVILLE, OH.  BETWEEN 1958    AND 1969, THE SITE WAS OPERATED AS A LANDFILL.  DURING THE   YEARS OF 1963 TO 1969, HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN THE FORM OF   CHEMICAL AND SOLID WASTES WERE DISPOSED OF AT THE SITE.      THESE SUBSTANCES ULTIMATELY WERE RELEASED INTO THE SURFACE   WATER, GROUNDWATER, AND SOIL.                                -                                                            SINCE 1980, THE OHIO EPA AND THE U.S. EPA HAVE WORKED TO     INVESTIGATE AND EVALUATE THE TYPE AND EXTENT OF CONTAMINA-   TION.  U.S.EPA HAS INCURRED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCORING    THE SITE FOR INCLUSION ON THE NATION

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