# BAUREIS REALTY CO INC
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `5424`
- **Case Number:** 02-1995-0225
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $2.75M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ADT AUTOMOTIVE INC & ON BEHALF OF 13 OTH (settlement)
- AERO METAL PRODUCTS INC (settlement)
- AKZO-NOBEL INC (settlement)
- ALLEN BRADLEY CO LLC & ON BEHALF OF 1OTH (settlement)
- AMERADA HESS CORP (settlement)
- ANDERSON AND VREELAND EAST INC (settlement)
- ANTON CORP & BEHALF OF FREEDOM GROUP LP
- ARCS FABRICATORS INC (settlement)
- ASSOCIATED TESTING LABORATORIES BY ITS I (settlement)
- AVERY DENNISON CORP & ON BEHALF OF 2 OTH (settlement)
- BAUREIS REALTY CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BECTON DICKINSON & CO PREDECESS& SUCC (3 (settlement)
- BELL ATLANTIC - NJ FKA NJ BELL TELE CO (settlement)
- BELL MOLDED PRODUCTS INC (settlement)
- BERNAL, NANCY (settlement)
- BERNAL, ROSE (settlement)
- BILTRITE TOOL & DIE CO (settlement)
- BLOOMFIELD MFG INC (settlement)
- BREED CORP (settlement)
- BROWNING FERRIS INDUST'S OF N JERSEY INC (settlement)
- BROWNING FERRIS INDUST'S OF PATTERSON NJ (settlement)
- CANTEL MEDICAL CORP (SUCC TO CANTEL INDU (settlement)
- CARTRIDGE ACTUATED DEVICES INC (settlement)
- CHEM SYSTEMS INC (settlement)
- COBEHN INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CONOPCO INC & ON BEHALF OF GOOD HUMOR (settlement)
- CONRAC/SMITHS INDUSTRIES
- CRANE CO (settlement)
- CROMPTON CORP FKA CK WITCO CORP (settlement)
- CRUCIBLE MATERIALS CORP & BEHALF 3 OTHER (settlement)
- EASTERN CYCLONE INDUSTRIES INC (complaint)
- EDO CORP (settlement)
- ENVIROSOURCE INC & ON BEHALF OF SOLBERN (settlement)
- EVANS-SHURE CONSTRUCTION &BEHALF 2 OTHER (settlement)
- FAIRFIELD TEXTILES INC (settlement)
- GENERAL HOSE PRODUCTS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- HEISLER MACHINE & TOOL CO INC (settlement)
- HONEYWELL INC (settlement)
- IBM (settlement)
- INDUSTRIAL BRUSH COMPANY INC (settlement)
- INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY (settlement)
- JAYSON OIL CO. & ON BEHALF OF 1 OTHER CO (settlement)
- JERSEY SPECIALTY CO INC (settlement)
- KONNER CHEVROLET INC (settlement)
- KREISLER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- LAWSON PRODUCTS INC (settlement)
- LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (settlement)
- MACY'S EAST INC & ON BEHALF OF 1 OTHER (settlement)
- MARK IV INDUSTRIES INC & BEHALF 7 OTHERS (settlement)
- MARVEL MFG CORP (settlement)
## Summary

EPA IS SEEKING PENALTIES AGAINST BAUREIS REALTY AND        GENERAL HOSE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TWO 106 ORDERS TO    CLEAN UP THE CALDWELL TRUCKING SITE AND TO PERFORM           ADDITIONAL GROUNDWATER STUDIES.                                EPA IS ALSO SEEKING TO RECOVER APPROX $4.8 MILLION FROM    ALL 7 DEFENDANTS FOR EPA'S INVESTIGATORY AND REMEDIAL DESIGN WORK AT THE SITE AND FOR HOOKING UP RESIDENTS TO             MUNICIPAL WATER.                                               EPA HAS ENTERED INTO A CONSENT DECREE W/NINE PARTIES WHO   HAVE AGREED TO CONDUCT THE REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE SITE AND   TO PAY $1.96 MILLION OF EPA'S PAST COSTS AND $5 MILLION OF   FUTURE COSTS.  (THAT CASE WAS U.S. V. CARBORUNDUM CO.).      *                                                            05/22/95 - REFERRED TO DOJ                                   *                                                            06/07/95 - COMPLAINT FILED                                   *                                                            07/00/96 - 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT ADDS PULLMAN AS A DEFENDANT *                                                            09/00/96 - 2ND AMENDED COMPLAINT ADDS (7) DEFENDANTS WHO ARE            SITE OWNERS/OPERATORS                             10/06/00 - TWO CD'S LODGED BAURIS AND O'CONNOR               01/16/01 - PARTIAL CD FOR BAURIS ENTERED -APPENDIX A AND B              LISTS DEFS (CD #02-2001-C010) $2,750,000 RESPONSE            COSTS AWARDED.             

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