# REILLY INDUSTRIES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30364`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0439
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $400K
- **Compliance action $:** $3.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- REILLY INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A SUPERFUND SITE IN DOVER, OHIO.  REILLY IS THE ONLY  PRP.  REILLY OPERATED A COAL TAR REFINERY AT THE SITE FROM  1932 TO 1956.  THE SITE IS NOW CONTAMINATED WITH COAL WASTES  INCLUDING PAHS.  U.S. EPA IS SEEKING A CONSENT DECREE TO HA VE REILLY PERFORM THE RD/RA AT THE SITE, REIMBURSE THE AGENC Y FOR PAST COSTS AND REIMBURSE THE AGENCY FOR FUTURE COSTS.  REILLY OPERATED THE SITE FROM 1932 TO 1956.  THE PREVIOUS    OWNERS ARE NOT FINANCIALLY VIABLE.  THE SITE WAS PLACED      ON THE NPL IN 1989.  IN 1990 EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE    ORDER ON CONSENT TO REILLY TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE  ACTION AT THE SITE.  THE ROD WAS ISSUED IN MARCH 1997.       THE ROD ESTIMATED THAT THE REMEDY WOULD COST $2.8 MILLION    AND THE EPA HAD SPENT APPROXIMATELY $840,000 IN PAST         UNREIMBURSED COSTS.

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