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LWD, INC.

Judicial · FY2007 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 600024529

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2007-9006
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (7)

Summary

ON NOVEMBER 9, 2006, EPA ASKED THE U.S. DOJ TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM FOR PAST AND FUTURE COSTS AT THE SITE, AND TO TAKE CERTAIN OTHER ACTIONS ON EPA'S BEHALF IN THE LWD, INC., CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. THE LWD, INC., SITE IS A FORMER HAZARDOUS WASTE INCENTERATOR FACILITY LOCATED IN CALVERT CITY, KY, WHERE EPA IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING A PRP-LEAD TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL WITH 47 PARTIES. EPA HAS A CLAIM AGAINST ALL THE ENTITIES INVOLVED IN THE LWD BANKRUPTCY BASED ON THEIR CERCLA OWNER/OPERATOR LIABILITY AT THE SITE. EPA SPENT OVER $2.5 MILLION TO STABLIZE THE SITE AND ANTICIPATES SPENDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO EITHER OVERSEE A PRP-LEAD REMOVAL, OR TO PERFORM A FUND-LEAD REMOVAL.

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