# G. HEILEMAN BREWING COMPANY, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27742`
- **Case Number:** 05-1991-0148
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $980K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- G. HEILEMAN BREWING COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REQUESTING THAT THE DOJ FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM IN THE BANK-   RUPTCY OF G. HEILEMAN BREWING COMPANY, INC.  THE FILING OF A PROOF OF CLAIM IS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE U.S. CLAIM       AGAINST G. HEILEMAN RELATING TO G. HEILEMAN'S STATUS AS A    PRP AT THE FOREST WASTE DISPOSAL SITE IN OTISVILLE, GENESEE  COUNTY, MI.  THE DEADLINE FOR FILING ALL PROOFS OF CLAIM IN  THE G. HEILEMAN BANKRUPTCY WAS 6/28/91, BUT THE U.S. OBTAIN- ED A FILING EXTENSION UNTIL 7/8/91.                          -                                                            THE SITE WAS OPERATED AS A LANDFILL FROM 1972 UNTIL 1978.    DURING ITS OPERATION, WALTER AND ELAINE RIX OWNED THE SITE.  SINCE 1987, THE SITE HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE STATE OF MI,      WHICH ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY OWING TO THE FAILURE OF ELAINE   RIX TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES.  THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL   IN 12/82.                                                    -                                                            WASTE DISPOSAL AT THE SITE INVOLVED AN 11-ACRE LANDFILL AND  9 SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS, OR LAGOONS.  WHILE THE RIXES         OPERATED THE SITE, IT WAS LICENSED TO ACCEPT INDUSTRIAL AND  LIQUID WASTES AND GENERAL REFUSE, AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS       WASTES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF STATE AND COUNTY AGENCIES.   DRUMMED WASTES WERE NOT SCREENED PRIOR TO BEING PLACED IN    THE LANDFILL.  ACCORDING TO THE MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL    RESOURCES, LIQUID WASTES OF VARIOUS KINDS WHICH WERE PLACED  IN THE LAGOONS WERE NOT SCREENED, DI

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