# WAUKEGAN PAINT AND LACQUER CO.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29850`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0430
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $94K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHARLES KUPPERMAN, EXECUTOR & INDIVIDUAL (complaint) (settlement)
- THE ESTATE OF MARTIN KUPPERMAN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

(THIS CASE SUMMARY WAS TAKEN FROM THE ARCHIVED  OTHER  CASE) FUND LEAD REMOVAL ACTION AT A FORMER PAINT MIXING FACILITY.  THE ELDERLY OWNER CLAIMED TO HAVE NO FUNDS TO DO THE         REMOVAL.  WORK AT THE SITE BEGAN ABOUT APRIL 1, 1992 AND A   FINAL POLREP ISSUED ON JANUARY 6, 1993.  THE POLREP          INDICATES CONTRACT COSTS TO BE ABOUT $136,000.  DEMAND       LETTERS AND INFORMATION REQUESTS NEED TO BE SENT.  THE FINAL OSC REPORT (NOVEMBER 10, 1993) INDICATES WORK AT THE SITE    WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 28, 1992.  THE REMOVAL ACTION      ADDRESSED FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES SUCH AS XYLENE, TOLUENE, AND  BENZENE, AS WELL AS RCRA METALS FOUND IN UNSECURED DRUMS,    TANKS AND OPEN VATS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.

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