# CELLO-FOIL(THOMAS SOLVENT)
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28068`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0242
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $900K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CELLO-FOIL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CLARK EQUIPMENT CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- HOOVER UNIVERSAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS PROPOSED ACTION IS INTENDED AS A COMPANION CASE TO 2 MATTERS ALREADY FILED AND PENDING IN THAT DISTRICT, U.S.   V. THOMAS SOLVENT CO., ET AL., FILE NO. K86-167, & U.S. V.   GENERAL FOODS, ET AL., CASE NO. 4:87-CV-364.                      THIS IS A COMPLEX MATTER INVOLVING THREE DISTINCT       SOURCES OF SOLVENT CONTAMINATION EACH OF WHICH RELEASES A    PLUME OF SOLVENT CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER.  THE PLUMES       COMMINGLE AND COLLECTIVELY IMPACT ON THE VERONA WELL FIELD,  WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF THE DRINKING WATER FOR THE CITY OF    BATTLE CREEK, MI.  ONE OF THE SOURCES IS OWNED AND OPERATED  BY GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (GTWRR)  (THE        MARSHALLING YARD), ONE OF THE SOURCES IS OWNED BY GTWRR, BUT LEASED TO AND OPERATED BY (THE ANNEX), AND THE LAST SOURCE   AREA (RAYMOND ROAD) IS OWNED AND OPERATED SOLELY BY THOMAS   SOLVENT COMPANY (TSC).  THIS ARRANGEMENT CREATES VERY        COMPLEX LIABILITY RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE PARTIES            POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTAMINANT SOURCES AND THE  RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED AT THE WELL FIELD ITSELF.  FOR MORE  COMPLETE INFORMATION REGARDING THE 3 CONTAMINANT SOURCE      AREAS.                                                            THE U.S. ORIGINALLY FILED AN ACTION IN THE VERONA WELL  FIELD MATTER ON MAY 28, 1986, SEEKING A FINDING OF LIABILITY AND REIMBURSEMENT OF RESPONSE COSTS AGAINST A GROUP OF 9     DEFENDANTS.  AFTER VIGOROUS DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE, A PARTIAL CONSENT DECREE WAS REACHED WITH O

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