# CERTAINTEED CORPORATION D/B/A WOLVERINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30972`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0370
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $1.54M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRAZEWAY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CERTAINTEED CORP. D/B/A WOLVERINE TECH. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNITED PAINT & CHEMICAL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REFERRAL IS FOR CONCURRENCE AND EXECUTION OF A DEMINIMIS     SETTLEMENT FOR METAMORA LANDFILL SITE, WHICH IS APPROXI-     MATELY 100 ACRES IN SIZE AND CONTAINS A 25 ACRE LANDFILL.    LANDFILL OPERATIONS BEGAN IN 1955 AS A PRIVATELY OWNED       UNREGULATED OPEN DUMP.  IN 1969 THE LANDFILL WAS UPGRADED    TO MEET EXISTING STATE STANDARDS AND LICENSED TO RECEIVE GEN ERAL REFUSE. UNTIL IT WAS CLOSED IN 1980, THE LANDFILL       ACCEPTED MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE.  NO RECORDS         EXIST THAT SHOW THE DISPOSAL PRACTICES OF THE FORMER         OPERATOR.  IT IS KNOW THAT WASTE AND DRUMS WERE DISPOSED OF  IN UNLINED EXCAVATIONS (FORMER MINE PITS OR BARROW AREAS).   IN 1981 8 DRUMS WERE UNEARTHED IN THE NW AREA OF THE SITE    DURING EXCAVATIONS FOR THE NEARBY SOLID WASTE TRANSFER       STATION.  THE MDNR SAMPLED 7 DRUMS AND IDENTIFIED HAZAR-     DOUS SUBSTANCES.  IN 1982 THE MDNR SURVEYED THE SITE AND     CONCLUDED THAT AS MANY AS 35,000 DRUMS, SOME CNTAINING       LIQUID WASTE, MIGHT BE PRESENT AT THE SITE; AND THAT         AREAS 1 AND 4 CONTAINED ABOUT 74% OF THE BURIED DRUMS.       THA SITE WAS LISTED ON THE NPL 9/84.  IN 4/85 EPA ENTERED    INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE, IN WHICH THE    STATE AGREED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN CONDUCTING A RI, FS AND     COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAM FOR THE SITE.  THE RI/FS FOUND   HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER AT THE SITE THE FS RECOMMENDED EXCAVATION AND OFF-SITE INCINERATION OF    THE BURIED WASTE AND CONTAMINATED S

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