# FIFTY SIXTH CENTURY ANTRIRN IRON CO., INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31358`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0802
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $3.94M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- 56TH CENTURY ANTRIM IRON COMPANY, INC.
- TAR LAKE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE REGION ISSUED A UAO TO 56TH CENTURY ANTRIM IRON WORKS    TO CONDUCT TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL OF 2 ACRE LAGOON CON-       TAINING WOOD TAR.  AFTER NEGOTIATIONS, THE PARTIES HAVE      REACHED AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE BUT AN AOC HAS NOT BEEN    FINALIZED AS OF OCTOBER 22, 1998.                            AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT PURUSANT TO CERCLA SECTION       122(H)(1) WAS REACHED BY THE UNITED STATES AND  56TH         CENTURY REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF TAR FROM THE TAR LAKE NPL   SITE7  THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT REQUIRE 56TH CENTURY TO    PAY $438,001.56 IN PAST REMEDIAL DESIGN OVERSIGHT COSTS      AND $3.5 MILLION TO BE USED FOR THE ONGOING TAR REMOVAL      ACTION AT THE SITE.  THE AGREEMENT ALSO PROVIDES THAT IF     TAR REMOVAL COSTS EXCEED $10 MILLION, 56TH CENTURY WILL PAY  ONE-HALF OF THOSE COSTS.

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