# LECARREAUX, EDWARD
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4567`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0218
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LECARREAUX, EDWARD (complaint)
- LIGHTMAN DRUM CO, INC (complaint)
## Summary

THIS IS A BANKRUPTCY REFERRAL PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHEN-  SIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT, AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607 AND THE UNITED STATES     BANKRUPTCY CODE 11 U.S.C. SECTION 101.                          ON 4/26/90 THE UNITED STATES FILED A CIVIL ACTION IN THE  FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY (CIV. NO. 90-1672(HLS)) AGAINST EDWARD LECARREAUX FOR RESPONSE COSTS UNDER SECTION   107A OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607A AND CIVIL PENALTIES  AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES UNDER SECTION 106B1, 42 U.S.C. SECTION  9696B1 AND SECTION 107C3 OF CERCLA.  THE ACTION CONCERNED    LECARREAUX'S LIABILITY AS OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE DUANE    MARINE CERCLA SITE IN PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.                  ON JULY 30, 1991, JUDGE H. LEE SAROKIN OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY GRANTED THE UNITED STATES' MOTION FOR SUMMARY     JUDGMENT ON LIABILITY AND REFERRED THE CASE TO MAGISTRATE    JUDGE HEDGES FOR A DETERMINATION ON THE AMOUNT OF COSTS,     PENALTIES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES.  FOLLOWING A HEARING ON      COSTS, PENALTIES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, THE UNITED STATES     FILED PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW       WHICH WERE ADOPTED BY THE MAGISTRATE IN HIS JANUARY 29, 1992 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION.                                      ON FEBRUARY 18, 1992, JUDGE SAROKIN AFFIRMED THE          MAGISTRATE'S RULING AND ENTERED JUDGMENT AGAINST LECARREAUX  FOR THE FULL SUMS IN THE UNITED STATES' PROPOSED FINDINGS    OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.  SPECIF

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