# RIVERSIDE PLATING, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31201`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0621
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $500K
- **Compliance action $:** $500K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BOUZIANE ENTERPRISE AND ET. AL. (settlement)
- JOHN BOUZIANE (settlement)
- MICHAEL BOUZIANE (settlement)
- RICHARD J. BOUZIANE (complaint) (settlement)
- RIVERSIDE PLATING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- RUTH BOUZIANE TRUST (UNDER FDCPA) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE RIVERSIDE PLATING FACILITY, LOCATED IN JANESVILLE, WIS-  CONSIN, WAS A SPECIALITY PLATING FACILITY.  EPA'S INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY, REQUESTED BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF    NATURAL RESOURCES, REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS        CONSTITUENTS SUCH AS CYANIDE, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, NICKEL,     ZINC, AND WASTE CAUSTICS AND ACIDS.  ON FEBRUARY 9, 1995,    REGION 5 ISSUED AN ACTION MEMORANDUM, FINDING THAT AN        IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT, AS DEFINED BY CERCLA  106, EXISTED AT THE      FACILITY.  EPA'S RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, CONDUCTED FROM MARCH   TO JULY, 1995, CONSISTED OF THE REMOVAL OF ALL ABANDONED     HAZARDOUS LIQUID AND SOLID WASTES DISCOVERED AT THE FACILITY THE DECONTAMINATION OF THE CONTAMINATED INTERIOR STRUCTURES  OF THE FACILITY BUILDING, AND LIMITED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER   SAMPLING TO CONFIRM THAT THE THREAT OF DIRECT CONTACT WITH   HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HAD BEEN REMOVED.  IN CONDUCTING THESE  RESPONSE ACTIONS, AND FOLLOW-UP ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, EPA  INCURRED RESPONSE COSTS OF $496,467.28.                      THE RIVERSIDE PLATING COMPANY IS ESSENTIALLY JUDGMENT-PROOF, HAVING DEBTS TOTALING OVER $2.2 MILLION.  THIS COMPANY, A    SMALL, CLOSELY-HELD CORPORATION, WAS OWNED BY ONE FAMILY,    THE BOUZIANES.  RICHARD BOUZIANE, THE ELDEST SON, SERVED AS  THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION, AND WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO APPARENTLY MADE ALL THE DECISIONS REGARDING BUSINESS STRATE- GY, PRODUCTION METHODS, AND WASTE DI

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