# BUNKER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54186`
- **Case Number:** 10-1990-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $202K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BUNKER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS DIRECT REFERRAL TO DOJ IS FOR THE FILING OF A CIVIL     ACTION TO ENFORCE A CERCLA SECTION 104E REQUEST FOR          INFORMATION ISSUED TO THE BUNKER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, A PRP  AT THE BUNKER FILL SUPERFUND SITE LOCATED IN KELLOGG, ID.    EPA REGION 10 IS SEEKING TO COMPEL COMPLETE RESPONSES AND    ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS SOUGHT BY EPA'S 10/18/88 REQUEST FOR  INFORMATION ISSUED TO BUNKER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AND FOR    PENALTIES FOR THE ONE YEAR DELAY IN RESPONDING TO EPA'S      REQUEST.  EPA REQUESTS THAT A CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION BE       COMMENCED IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN BOISE, ID TO OBTAIN  THE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS SOUGHT BY EPA AND FOR          APPROPRIATE PENALTIES.                                         BUNKER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IS THE CURRENT OWNER AND        OPERATOR OF THE BUNKER HILL MINING AND METALLURGICAL COMPLEX IN NORTHERN IDAHO.  THE BUNKER HILL MINING COMPLEX IS        LOCATED WITHIN THE 21 SQUARE MILE BUNKER HILL SUPERFUND      SITE.  AT THE TIME OF THIS REFERRAL, BUNKER LIMITED HAS      STILL NOT COMPLETELY RESPONDED TO EPA'S REQUEST, DESPITE     THEIR ATTORNEY'S ASSURANCES THAT THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS     WERE BEING ASSEMBLED.  THIS CASE RAISES A NATIONALLY         SIGNIFICANT LEGAL ISSUE IN THAT BLP IS EXPECTED TO ARGUE     THAT EPA'S CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION (CBI)           REGULATIONS ARE INADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR DOCUMENTS PRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO A SECTION 104E REQUEST.

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