# MIDWEST METALLICS L.P. - J.P. INVESTMENTS - BANKRUPTCY (CERCLA)
> **Judicial** · FY2006 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `600009718`
- **Case Number:** 05-2006-0734
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- J. P. INVESTMENTS (complaint)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM IN THE J.P. INVESTMENTS BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, WITH REGARD TO THE MIDWEST METALLICS SITE, LOCATED AT 7955 WEST 59TH STREET IN SUMMIT (ARGO), ILLINOIS.  EPA’S CLAIM ARISES UNDER SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607.  J.P. INVESTMENTS IS THE SUCCESSOR, BY MERGER, OF PIELET CORPORATION, WHICH WAS THE PAST OWNER OF THE SITE AT THE TIME OF THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.

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