# WHEELER PIT
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29855`
- **Case Number:** 05-1996-0436
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $621K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CMC HEARTLAND PARTNERS (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A COST RECOVERY REFERRAL PRIMARILY OVERSIGHT COSTS   FOR THE SITE. THE PRP'S HAD CONDUCTED AN RI/FS UNDER A       CONSENT ORDER.  NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN RD/RA CONSENT DECREE     WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  A SECTION 106 ORDER WAS ISSUED.  GENERAL MOTORS COMPLETED THE RD/RA UNDER THE ORDER.  CMC DID NOT     PARTICIPATE IN THE RD/RA ACTIVITIES AND ATTEMPTED TO         CHALLENGE ITS STATUS AS A PRP JUDICIALLY.  THE REFERRAL      SEEKS DAMAGES UNDER SECTION 106(A) WITH REGARD TO CMC.       ON JULY 14, 1998, THE UNITED STATES FILED A COM PLIANT IN    THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF       WISCONSIN AGAINST CMD HEARTLAND PARTNERS ( CMC ) AND GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ( GM ) SEEKING RECOVERY OF PAST RESPONSE  COSTS RELATED TO THE WHEELER PIT NPL SITE.  ON THIS SAME DAY A CONSENT DECREE WAS LODGED UNDER WHICH CMC AND GM HAVE      AGREED TO REIMBURSE THE UNITED STATES FOR $620,661.78 OF ITS PAST RESPONSE COSTS.  THIS AMOUNT IS 95% OF THE SUM OF U.S.  EPA'S PAST COSTS, AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE    REGISTRY ( ATSDR ) COSTS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S    ( DOJ ) COSTS INCURRED FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE     THROUGH MAY 31, 1997, WITH INTEREST WAIVED.                  BACKGROUND:  THE WHEELER PIT SITE IS LOCATED DIRECTLY NORTH- WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY O (OLD DELAVAN    ROAD) AND COUNTY HIGHWAY J IN LA PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, ROCK      COUNTY, WISCONSIN.  IT IS LOCATED WITHIN A PHYSICAL          DEPRESSION APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET DEE

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