# HUTH OIL SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30393`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0476
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $210K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HUTH OIL SITE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE HUTH OIL SITE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO WAS A WASTE OIL RECLA-  MATION FACILITY THAT OPERATED FROM 1938 TO 1990. THE WASTE   OIL WAS PURPORTEDLY 75% CRANKCASE OIL, 20% OFF-SPECIFICATION OIL FROM MOBIL OIL CORP., AND 5% FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL     SOURCES. THE HUTH SITE PROCESSED 700,000 GALLONS OF WASTE    OIL PER YEAR. AMONG THE THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH POSED BY THE FACILITY WERE PCB'S AS HIGH AS 1120 PARTS PER MILLION LEFT   STORED IN WASTE OIL TANKS. THE PRPS WHO PERFORMED THE CLEAN- UP OF THE SITE PURSUANT TO A CERCLA SEC. 106(A) UNILATERAL   ORDER ESTIMATE THAT THEY SPENT $11 MILLION.

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