# JOHNS-MANVILLE - BANKRUPTCY
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `87`
- **Case Number:** 01-1984-0020
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP (complaint)
## Summary

IN 6/81, U.S. FILED SUIT AGST DEF AND PRIVATE OWNRS OF  6 SITES IN HUDSON & NASHUA, NH, ON WHICH DEF HAD DISPOSED    OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS WASTE.   SUIT WAS ORIG FILED UNDER RCRA  7003 AND WAS AMENDED IN 3/82 TO INCL CRCLA 106(A).  U.S. &   DEF ENTERED INTO PROTRACTED NEGOT IN EFFORT TO STTL CASE AND HAVE DEF COVER ASBESTOS WSTE AT SIX SITES.  HOWEVER, DUE TO  MANY REASONS, COMPLETE STTLMNT NEVER REACHED.  ON 6/20/82,   U.S. FILED PRELIM INJUNCT AGST ALL DEFS TO HAVE SITES CO-    VERED, & DEF EVENTUALLY COVERED 2 SITES.                          ON 8/26/82, DEF FILED CH 11 REORG UNDER BNK REF ACT OF  1978.  ON 9/30/82, CRT ISSUED STAY OF PROCEEDINGS IN EPA ENF ORCEMENT ACTION AGST DEF.  U.S. MOVED TO VACATE STAY IN DIST CRT BUT CRT AFFIRMED MAGISTRATE ON 11/15/82.  U.S. THEN      MOVED TO APPEAL ORDER OF AFFIRM, THO APPEAL EVENTUALLY WITH- DRAWN IN FAVOR OF SEEKG CERTIF OF ORDER AS APPEALABLE INTER- LOCUTORY ORDER, TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN APPEAL.                      BECAUSE OF DEF REFUSAL TO CLEANUP SITES, EPA PROCEEDED  W/IMMEDIATE REMOVAL ACTION UNDER CRCLA TO PREVENT FURTHER    EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS.  EPA GAVE LNDOWNRS OPPORTUNITIES TO PE RFORM CLEANUP AND THEY DECLINED.  EPA AUTHORIZED CLEANUP FOR  SIX SITES AND A SEVENTH WAS ADDED.  TWO LNDOWNRS REFUSED EP A ACCESS TO PERFORM CLEANUP AND U.S. FILED PRELIM INJUNCT UN DER CRCLA 104 SEEKING ACCESS TO PERFORMCLEANUP.  EPA INITIA  TED RESPONSE ACTION ON 6/29/83 AND COMPLETED WORK ON 7TH SIT E 10/20/83.  WORK PERFORMED AT ALL SITES 

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