# COLBERT LANDFILL
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54189`
- **Case Number:** 10-1990-0019
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $75K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ACR INC (UNITED PAINT)
- ALUMAX IRRIGATION PRODUCTS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

LITIGATION REFERRAL FOR A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION      UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA.  ACTION SEEKS A DECLARATORY     JUDGMENT THAT ALUMAX AND ACR ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COSTS       INCURRED WITH RESPECT TO THE COLBERT LANDFILL SUPERFUND      SITE.  EPA HAS OBLIGATED $1.4 MILLION IN MIXED FUNDING COSTS TO BE EXPENDED FOR THE CLEAN UP OF THE COLBERT LANDFILL      SITE.                                                          THIS COST RECOVERY ACTION FOLLOWS A 1988 REFERRAL          REGARDING THE COLBERT LANDFILL WHICH RESULTED IN THE         FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS:  1) A CONSENT DECREE WITH KEY TRONIC   CORP TO PAY 4.2 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS CLEAN UP WND WITH    SPOKANE COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND     OPERATION OF THE REMEDY AND PAY A PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSE     COSTS AS WELL AS OVERSIGHT COSTS;  2) AN ADMINISTRATIVE      ORDER ON CONSENT AND INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO PAY 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS CLEAN UP;  3) AN    U.S. EPA COMMITMENT TO REIMBURSE SPOKANE COUNTY FOR UP TO    1.4 MILLION DOLLARS PURSUANT TO U.S. EPA'S MIXED FUNDING     AUTHORITY.                                                     THE ABOVE AGREEMENTS RESULTED FROM A REFERRAL FROM THIS    OFFICE TO DOJ ON 9/29/88.  PURSUANT TO THESE AGREEMENTS, THE LIABILITY OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE, SPOKANE COUNTY AND KEY      TRONICS HAS BEEN RESOLVED.  HOWEVER, TWO NON-SETTLING PRP'S  (ACR AND ALUMAX) ARE AVAILABLE FOR RECOVERY OF THE U.S.      EPA'S MIXED FUNDING COSTS.            

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