# PERONA BROTHERS INC
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3654`
- **Case Number:** 02-1989-0361
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PERONA BROTHERS INC (complaint)
## Summary

PERONA BROTHERS, INC. (PERONA) OPERATED A JUNK YARD WHICH  COMTAINED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILLION TIRES, AN UNDETERMINED  NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS AND OTHER DISCARDED DEBRIS, AS WELL AS DRUMS AND CYLINDERS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.  ON 12/06/86, A FIRE OCCURRED, WHICH LASTED FOR FIVE DAYS AND SPREAD HAZ-  ARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND MATERIALS ONTO THE SITE AND INTO THE   GROUNDWATER.  EPA PERFORMED A RESPONSE ACTION IN PROVIDING   ASSISTANCE IN PUTTING OUT THE FIRE AND INCURRED COSTS IN     TAKING THIS RESPONSE ACTION AT THE SITE.  ON  06/29/89, THE  NJDEP REQUESTED THAT EPA PERFORM A CERCLA REMOVAL ACTION TO  REMOVE THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND MATERIALS AT THE SITE    WHICH RESULTED FROM THE DECEMBER 1986 FIRE.  THIS CONTING-   ENCY MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL RESPONSE COSTS FOR EPA IN THE      FUTURE.                                                        ON OCTOBER 31, 1986, PERONA BROTHERS, INC. FILED A PETIT-  ION FOR PROTECTION UNDER CHAPTER 11 (REGORANIZATION) OF THE  UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY CODE.  THE TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY,   MR. JAMES CAIN, PETITIONED THE COURT FOR A CONVERSION OF THE PETITION TO A CHAPTER 7 (LIQUIDATION) ACTION, WHICH WAS      GRANTED BY THE COURT ON 06/14/89.  IN ORDER TO PROTECT ITS   ABILITY TO RECOVER RESPONSE COSTS FROM THE POTENTIALLY       RESPONSIBLE PARTY (PRP), EPA MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM      WITH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT PRIOR TO OCTOBER 18, 1989, THE     BAR DATE.  THIS REFERRAL TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF  JUSTICE (DOJ) IS SUBMITTED TO SUPPORT 

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