# WASTECO
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28091`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0267
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WASTECO (complaint)
## Summary

THIS LETTER REFERS TO YOU FOR YOUR FILING A PROOF OF     CLAIM IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WASTECO, INC.  WASTECO, INC. IS A CHAPTER 11 DEBTOR IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT   OF MINNESOTA.  THE BASIS FOR WASTECO'S LIABILITY TO THE      UNITED STATES, AND THE BASIS FOR THE PROOF OF CLAIM, IS THAT WASTECO IS AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS PART OF THE    WASTE DISPOSAL ENGINEERING (WDE) LANDFILL SITE, IN ANDOVER,  MN.  REMEDIAL ACTION COSTS HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING INCURRED  REGARDING THE SITE PURSUANT TO CERCLA.                           ON 7/12/92, THE USEPA NOTIFIED WASTECO, PURSUANT TO      SECTION 122 OF CERCLA, THAT IS A PRP FOR IMPLEMENTING        REMDIAL ACTION AT THE WDE SITE. EACH PRP, INCLUDING WASTECO, IS JOINTLY AND SEVERLLY LIABLE FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, FOR THE RELEASE OF  HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT AND FROM THE SITE.                       ON 9/8/83, THE SITE WAS PLACED ON THE NPL PURSUANT TO    SECTION 5 OF CERCLA.  CERTAIN PRPS THEN ENTERED INTO A       CONSENT ORDER TO CONDUCT A RI/FS.  THE RI/FS HAS BEEN        COMPLETED, AND THE ROD PUBLISHED.  ON 8/2/91, USEPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL ADM ORDER (UAO) TO 28 PARTIES TO CONDUCT THE      REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION, SINCE NO CONSENT DECREE WAS AGREED UPON WITH THE PRPS.                                   ON 9/27/91, I REFERRED TO YOUR OFFICE AN ACTION TO       RECOVER FROM 12 PRPS, INCLUDING WASTECO, THE UNREIMBURSED    PAST COSTS INCURRED BY THE U.S. AT THE S

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