# ALLIED SIGNAL-CLOTHIER SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3909`
- **Case Number:** 02-1990-0184
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** $2.52M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLIED-SIGNAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN STANDARD INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- AMF INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ASHLAND CHEMICAL, INC.
- BOISE CASCADE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- CASE HOYT CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHARLES W. BRENEMAN CO (complaint) (settlement)
- COLUMBIA MILLS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ENGRAPH INC (complaint) (settlement)
- FLOQUIL-POLLY S COLOR CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- JACK MILLER
- JONES CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MASONITE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO (complaint) (settlement)
- MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- RICHARD M. CLOTHIER, SR.
- SCHENECTADY CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SEALRIGHT CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SHELL OIL CO (complaint) (settlement)
- SMITH CARONA MARCHANT CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- SUN CHEMICAL CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PROPOSED DEFENDANTS INCLUDE GENERATORS WHOSE HAZARDOUS  SUBSTANCES CAME TO BE LOCATED AT THE CLOTHIER DISPOSAL SITE  (THE  CLOTHIER SITE  OR THE  SITE ), THE OWNER AND/OR        OPERATOR OF THE SITE, AND AN OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE    POLLUTION ABATEMENT SERVICES OF OSWEGO, INC. ( PAS ) SITE    TO WHICH THE CLOTHIER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE ORIGINALLY   SHIPPED FOR DISPOSAL AND FROM WHICH THEY WERE SENT FOR       REDISPOSAL AT THE CLOTHIER SITE. THE LIST OF PROPOSED        DEFENDANTS IS ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO THE REFERRAL.          HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE SENT BY THE PROPOSED GENERATOR   DEFENDANTS TO THE PAS SITE FOR DISPOSAL SHORTLY BEFORE OR    DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME FROM OCTOBER, 1973 TO JANUARY      8, 1974. APPROXIMATELY 2,200 DRUMS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES   WERE SHIPPED FROM THE PAS SITE TO THE CLOTHIER SITE DURING   THIS PERIOD OF TIME. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OF THE TYPES       KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SENT BY THE PROPOSED GENERATOR            DEFENDANTS, IN DRUMS, TO THE PAS SITE ARE ALSO KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE CLOTHIER SITE. EACH SUCH PAS GENERATOR IS  THEREFORE ALSO A GENERATOR AT THE CLOTHIER SITE. EPA HAS     INCURRED COSTS IN CONDUCTING REMOVAL AND REMEDIAL ACTIONS    AT THE CLOTHIER SITE. EPA'S THEORY HOLDING THE PROPOSED      GENERATOR DEFENDANTS LIABLE FOR THE CONDITIONS AT THE        CLOTHIER SITE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY SEVERAL COURTS.             EPA SEEKS A) RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS WHICH HAVE BEEN         INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH TH

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