# AMCAST INDUSTRIAL, INC. (AUTOMATIC CONTAINERS SITE)
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30493`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0588
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $927K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMCAST INDUSTRIAL, INC. (settlement)
- ARMCO STEEL CORP. (settlement)
- EDDIE AND KAREN CANTRELL (settlement)
- JAMES FULLER (settlement)
- LLOYD PANCAKE D/B/A ACTION PLUMBING (settlement)
- MANSBACH METAL INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- OAK HILL FOUNDRY (complaint) (settlement)
- OHIO POWER (settlement)
## Summary

FUND LEAD REMOVAL IN COST RECOVERY PHASE WITH 5PROPOSED      INDUSTRIAL DEFENDANTS.  REMOVAL ACTIONS FINANCED BY EPA      INCLUDED EXTINGUISHING A FIRE, PLACING A CLAY CAP OVER THE   LANDFILL, AND ERECTING A FENCE AROUND THE SITE.  ACTIONS COM PLETED 11/2/94 AT A COST OF $1,138,626.28. OEPA ASSUMED      POST REMOVAL SITE CONTROL ACTIVITIES, AND SHOULD BEAR        FUTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE.COMPLAINT FILED        AGAINST EDDIE & KAREN CANTRELL ON OCTOBER 31, 1997.          COMPLAINT FILED IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ON JANUARY  2, 1998 AGAINST MANSBACH REALTY AND OAK HILL FOUNDRY.          - COMPLAINT FILED IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ON APRIL 27 1998, AGAINST AMCAST INDUSTRIAL, INC. AND OHIO POWER COMPANY DOJ HAS MOVED TO CONSOLIDATE THE CASES.                        - ON AUGUST 18, 1998, U.S. EPA WITHDREW ITS DOJ REFERRAL   AS TO LLOYD PANCAKE D/B/A ACTION PLUMBING, DUE TO INABILITY  TO PAY.

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