# AMDURA CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27842`
- **Case Number:** 05-1991-0253
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $34K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMDURA CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON APRIL 2,1990, THE AMDURA CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES FILED A VOLUNTARY PETITION FOR BANKRUPTCY UNDER CHAPTER 11   OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. ON FEB. 8, 1991, THE U.S. FILED A    PROOF OF CLAIM AGAINST THE DEBTOR ON BEHALF OF U.S. EPA      (EPA). THE PROOF OF CLAIM REFERS TO CLEANUP ACTIVITIES       UNDERTAKEN BY EPA AT THE WASTE DISPOSAL ENGINEERING (WDE)    SITE IN ANDOVER, MINNESOTA. THE PROOF OF CLAIM ASSERTS THAT  THE DEBTOR IS LIABLE FOR PAST RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA AT THE WDE SITE.                                             ON JULY 18, 1991, THE DEBTOR AND EACH OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES    FILED AN OBJECTION TO THE U.S. CLAIM DENYING LIABILITY AT    THE WDE SITE. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE GOVERN- MENT'S FILE AND RELEVANT CASELAW ON SUCCESSOR LIABILITY, THE U.S. DECIDED TO ONLY RESPOND TO AMDURA'S OBJECTIONS. A       DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PURSUE A CLAIM AGAINST AMDURA, BUT THAT THERE WAS            INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE LINKING ANDCO (FORMERLY  FOK ) AND     IT'S OTHER SUBSIDIARIES TO THE WDE SITE.

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