# EVANS PRODUCT COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27620`
- **Case Number:** 05-1991-0024
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $582K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EVANS PRODUCT COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

EVANS PRODUCTS COMPANY AND SEVERAL OF ITS SUBIDIARY COM-     PANIES ARE CHAPTER 11 DEBTORS IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR    THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA.  EVANS HAS DISCOVERED THAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF ITS DIVISIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES, IT HAS  INVOLVEMENT AT THE FOLLOWING 6 SUPERFUND SITES I REGION V:   WASTE DISPOSAL ENGINEERING IN MN, OAK GROVE LANDFILL IN MN,  EAST BETHEL IN MN, CARTER INDUSTRIALS IN MI, LAND RECLAMA-   TION IN WI, AND HUNT'S DISPOSAL IN WI.  EVANS NOW WISHES TO  ENTER INTO A RELEASE FROM LIABILITY WITH EPA IN EXCHANGE FOR A CASH SETTLEMENT ENCOMPASSING ALL 6 SITES.                  -                                                            IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS ACTION, EVANS ASKED THE U.S. TO PROVIDE CONTRIBUTION PROTECTION AND A COMPLETE RELEASE FROM LIABILI- TY, INCLUDING A RELEASE FOR FUTURE LIABILITY UNDER CERCLA    SECTION 122(F)(6)(B)(2), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9622(F)(6)(B)(2). THREE OF THE 6 SITES ARE IN THE STAE OF MINNESOTA AND EVANS  WISHES TO INCLUDE THE STAT IN THE SETTLEMENT.  THE STATE HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE A RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND CONTRIBUTION    PROTECTION IN EXCHANGE FOR A SHARE OF THE CASH SETTLEMENT.   -                                                            REGION V AND THE STATE NEGOTIATED WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE A  FAIR SETTLEMENT WITH EVANS REGARDING THE COMPANY'S LIABILI-  TY AT THE 6 SITES.  THIS SETTLEMENT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE   COSTS INCURRED AT EACH SITE, THE COSTS EXPECTED TO BE IN-    CURRED IN THE FUTURE, EVANS' VOLUMET

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