# JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP. (SCHULLER INTERNATIONAL)
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28252`
- **Case Number:** 05-1993-0468
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $95K
- **Cost recovery:** $70K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JOHNS-MANVILLE (SCHULLER INTERNATIONAL) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON MARCH 21, 1988, THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE       NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ENTERED A    CONSENT DECREE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, INC., (88 C 630), GOVERNING THE REMEDIATION OF  THE MANVILLE SUPERFUND SITE LOCATED IN WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS.   THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (U.S.      EPA), THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), THE     ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (IEPA), AND THE     JOHN-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION (MANVILLE) WERE SIGNATORIES  TO THIS CONSENT DECREE. MANVILLE'S REMEDIATION AT THE SITE   DID NOT PROCEED IN CONCERT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE      CONSENT DECREE, AND, THEREFORE, ON AUGUST 4, 1989, THE       UNITED STATES FILED A SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT AGAINST         MANVILLE FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSENT DECREE.   AFTER       INTENSIVE DISCOVERY AND HEATED LITIGATION, THE UNITED        STATES AND MANVILLE WERE ABLE TO SETTLE THE MATTER ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF WEEKS BEFORE TRIAL; MANVILLE AGREED TO PAY      $165,000 TO THE UNITED STATES.  SINCE THE INITIATION OF THE  GOVERNMENT'S ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSENT DECREE,    MANVILLE HAS COOPERATED WITH THE AGENCY IN REMEDIATING THE   SITE.  THE AGENCY APPROVED CHANGES IN THE WORK ON-SITE THAT  DIFFERED FROM THE WORK SET FORTH IN THE RECORD OF DECISION.  IN ADDITION, FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE ROD , THE       AGENCY DECIDED THAT IT WANTED DEED RESTRICTIONS.  THEREFORE, U.S. EPA AND DOJ MUST NOW NEGOTIATE WITH

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