# ASHLAND, INC. HUTH OIL SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29781`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0337
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $210K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ASHLAND, INC. (settlement)
- CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO. (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (settlement)
## Summary

HUTH OIL SITE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO WAS OPERATED AS A WASTEOIL  RECLAMATION FACILITY FROM 1938 UNTIL 1990, WHEN THE OWNER    AND OPERATOR GEO HUTH DIED.  U.S. EPA DOCUMENTED RELEASES OF PCB'S FROM THE FACILITY IN '83 AND '86.  IN OCT. '90, U.S.   EPA ISSUED A UNILATERAL CERCLA SECTION 106(A) TO THREE       PARTIES: ASHLAND CHEMICAL, GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., AND         CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.  THE 3 PRPS COMPLIED     WITH THE UAO AND PERFORMED THE CLEANUP.  ESTIMATED VALUE OF  WORK PERFORMED ABOUT $11 MILLION+.  IN 1995, U.S. EPA SENT A DEMAND AND A FOLLOW-UP DEMAND TO THE 3 NAMED PRP'S SEEKING   TO BE REIMBURSED $244,000+.  ON MAY 17,'96, THE 3 PRP'S SENT EPA A LETTER DISPUTING COSTS.  NO PRPS HAS PAID U.S. EPA TO  DATE.  KUJAWA MAILED EXPEDITED COST RECOVERY REFERRAL TO     U.S. DOJ ON JUNE 14, 1996.  U.S. EPA OBTAINED A TOLLING      AGREEMENT FROM THE 3 PRPS JUNE 19,'96, AND FORWARDED IT ON   TO DOJ.

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