# LAVA CAP MINE CD FOR COST RECOVERY
> **Judicial** · FY2018 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601444640`
- **Case Number:** 09-2018-2512
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- STEPHEN P. ELDER AND ELDER DEVELOPMENT, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- STERLING CENTRECORP, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

Defendants Sterling Centrecorp, Inc., Stephen P. Elder, and Elder Development, Inc. (?Defendants?) liable for the response costs of the United States of America and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (?DTSC?) associated with the Lava Cap Gold Mine Superfund Site in Nevada County, California, including costs incurred but not adjudicated in this action and future costs.

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