# VALLEY STEEL INDUSTRIES
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4568`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0219
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $240K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VALLEY STEEL PRODUCTS CO., INC., ET AL. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A TELEPHONIC REFERRAL TO DOJ FOR FILING A          PROOF OF CLAIM, PURSUANT TO CERCLA, IN THE CHAPTER 11        BANKRUPCTY PROCEEDINGS OF VALLEY STEEL PRODUCTS CO, INC.     WITH RESPECT TO THE SINCLAIR REFINERY SUPERFUND SITE,        LOCATED IN WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.  THE PROOF OF CLAIM WAS     FILED IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPCTY COURT FOR THE EASTERN  DISTRICT OF MISSOURI ON 8/24/92.  EPA'S PROOF OF CLAIM WAS   BASED ON THE FACT THAT VALLEY STEEL IS POTENTIALLY LIABLE    UNDER SECTION 107(A)(1) OF CERCLA AS A CURRENT OWNER OF A    PORTION OF THE SITE.                                           VALLEY STEEL FILED ITS VOLUNTARY PETITION UNDER CHAPTER    11 OF THE BANKRUPCTY CODE ON 2/4/92.  VALLEY INDUSTRIES,     VALLEY STEEL'S PARENT COMPANY ALSO HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11  PROTECTION.                                                    IN JULY, EPA LEARNED THAT A BAR DATE OF JULY 15 HAD BEEN   SET AND DOJ FILED A MOTION TO EXTEND THE BAR DATE UNTIL      AUGUST 24.  THE MOTION WAS GRANTED.                            ON 3/23/92, EPA SENT SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS TO ARCO,       MAPES, AND THE BUTLER-LARKIN DIVISION OF VALLEY INDUSTRIES,  INVITING THE RECIPIENTS TO EITHER PERFORM OR FUND THE        REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING A GROUNDWATER REMEDY)         SELECTED FOR THE SITE IN EPA'S SEPTEMBER 30, 1991 RECORD OF  DECISION.                                                      MAPES AND VALLEY STEEL IN RESPONSE TO EPA'S NOTICE LETTER  INDICATED THE COMPANIES WOULD NOT BE A

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