# G & H LANDFILL (PPG/REICHHOLD)
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28088`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0264
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $3.24M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PPG INDUSTRIES, SUCCESSOR TO DITZLER PAINT COMPANY, AND  REICHHOLD CHEMICAL COMPANY WERE TWO OF THE GENERATORS OF     WASTES FOUND AT THE SITE. THEY DROPPED OUT OF NEGOTIATIONS   FOR A SETTLEMENT OF THE REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION  WORK FOR THE SITE WITH THE U.S. AND PRPS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ALLOCATION DISPUTES BETWEEN THE PRPS.  PPG AND REICHHOLD,    HOWEVER, INDICATED A DESIRE TO SETTLE WITH THE UNITED STATES IN REGARDS TO THE U.S. REMAINING CLAIMS.  THE RD/RA CONSENT  DECREE HAD LEFT HALF OF THE PAST COSTS (APPROX. 2.5 MILLION) UNRECOVERED.  THEREFORE, NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE 2 COMPANIES   WAS NEGOTIATED FOR A SETTLEMENT OF REMAINING 107 CLAIMS AND  A SETTLEMENT REACHED.  THE REICHHOLD/PPG CD WAS FILED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE RD/RA CD.  BOTH WERE FILED UNDER THE SAME   COMPLAINT (LAWSUIT).

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