# HI-MILL MFG.
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28745`
- **Case Number:** 05-1994-0058
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $196K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HI-MILL MFG. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SITE DESCRIPTION:                                            THE HI-MILL MANUFACTURING SITE IS LOCATED AT 1704 HIGHLAND   ROAD IN HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN.  THE    HI-MILL MANUFACTURING CO. OWNS AND CONTINUES TO OPERATE THE  FACILITY.  THE SITE IS BOUNDED TO THE NORTHWEST BY HIGHLAND  ROAD (M-59) AND ON ALL OTHER SIDES BY THE HIGHLAND STATE     RECREATION AREA, WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (MDNR).  THE MANUFACTURING   FACILITY AND PAVED PARKING AREA OCCUPY APPROXIMATELY 4.5     ACRES OF LAND.                                               THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE IS RURAL AND SPARSELY          POPULATED, WITH THE NEAREST HOME LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE SITE ALONG WATERBURY ROAD.        HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP HAS LITTLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND FEW  MUNICIPAL SERVICES, AND MANY OF THE AREA RESIDENTS OBTAIN    THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM RESIDENTIAL WELLS.  TARGET POND, A MARSHY AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 ACRES, IS LOCATED       APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET EAST OF THE SITE BUILDING.  THE NORTH ARM OF WATERBURY LAKE IS APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET SOUTH OF THE SITE, AND WATERBURY LAKE ITSELF IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET SOUTH OF THE SITE.                                      SITE HISTORY:                                                HI-MILL BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1946, FABRICATING COPPER-,       ALUMINUM-, AND BRASS- TUBING PARTS AND FITTINGS.  THE        OPERATIONS CONSIST OF TWO MAIN PROCE

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*