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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Judicial · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 8157

Penalty
$1.25M
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-2001-0006
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-558A
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

REFERRAL TO DOJ REQUESTING APPROVAL, SIGNATURE, AND FILING OF JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE. THE CD REQUIRES THE SETTLING DEFENDANT TO PAY $1,245,832.73 FOR PAST RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL SUM FOR INTEREST ON THAT AMOUNT CALCULATED FROM JUNE 28, 2000 (THE DATE OF DEMAND) THROUGH THE DATE OF PAYMENT. *** GENERAL MOTORS CORP ( GM ) HAS OPERATED AN ALUMINUM AUTO- MOBILE PARTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY AT THE GM COMPANY - CENTRAL FOUNDRY DIVISION SUPERFUND SITE IN MASSENA, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK (THE SITE ) SINCE 1959. IN CON- NECTION WITH THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ( PCBS ) WERE RELEASED AT THE SITE. IN 1985, EPA ORDERED GM TO PERFORM A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY ( RI/FS ) AT THE SITE TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND EX- TENT OF PCB AND OTHER CONTAMINATION THERE. UNDER THE ORDER, GM AGREED TO REIMBURSE EPA FOR ITS RESPONSE AND OVERSIGHT COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORDER. * BY LETTER DATED JUNE 28, 2000, EPA DEMANDED PAYMENT FROM GM OF $1,302,148.34 IN SITE-RELATED RESPONSE COSTS PAID BY EPA BETWEEN MARCH 1994 AND JAN. 1, 2001. ON JUNE 2, 2000, EPA PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER GUIDANCE ON EXERCISING CERCLA ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION IN ANT

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