# MCI, INC. SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28066`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0239
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $1.00M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JENNIE MUIR, ET. AL. (complaint) (settlement)
- MCI, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

MCI, INC., LOCATED IN DETROIT, MI OPERATED A PAINT AND   RUST STRIPPING BUSINESS BETWEEN 1970 AND APRIL 21, 1989,     WHEN THE CORPORATION FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY UNDER CHAPTER 7 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE.  AS A SECONDARY PART OF ITS BUSINESS,   MCI ALSO OPERATED A PLATING BUSINESS AT THE SAME LOCATION.   PAINT AND RUST STRIPPING OPERATIONS RESULTED IN THE          ACCUMULATION OF PAINT WASTE AND STRIPPING SLUDGE, INCLUDING  HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES SUCH AS LEAD, CADMIUM, AND CHROMIUM.        ON 10/11/89, THE USEPA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM         CONDUCTED A SITE ASSESSMENT OF THE SITE.  APPROX 250 DRUMS   WERE OBSERVED OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE AND APPEARED TO CONTAIN PAINT SLUDGE.  AN ADDITIONAL 300 DRUMS OF MATERIAL WERE      FOUND INSIDE THE BUILDING.  OTHER CONTAINERS ON THE PREMISES INCLUDED 10 ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS AND 20 OPEN VATS, ALL OF WHICH WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN HAZ SUBSTANCES.                   BETWEEN JUNE AND DECEMBER 1990, USEPA CONDUCTED REMOVAL  ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 104 OF CERCLA. ON 9/19/91,    THE USEPA REFERRED THE MATTER OF MCI, INC. TO DOJ FOR        PROSECUTION OF USEPA'S COST RECOVERY CLAIM UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, AGAINST SEVERAL OF THE POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE    PARTIES TO THE SITE.                                             ON 11/4/91, USEPA HELD A MEETING WITH THE PRPS WHO       RECEIVED A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT FROM EPA DATED 8/16/91, IN AN  ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THEIR LIABILITY FOR APPROX $1 MILLION IN  RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE AGENCY AT

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