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HORSEHEAD INDUSTRIES, INC.

Judicial · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 17675

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Penalty
$4.71M
Cost recovery
$0
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1997-0178
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket
90-11-2-271M
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (50)

Summary

OCTOBER 27,2009, AMENDED CONSENT DECREE ENTERED WHICH RESOLVES NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES CLAIMS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PALMERTON ZINC PILE SUPERFUND SITE IN PALMERTON, CARBON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AMENDMENT, THE SETTLING DEFENDANTS WILL PAY THE FEDERAL AND COMMONWEALTH TRUSTEES TO REIMBURSE THE TRUSTEES FOR ASSESSMENT COSTS, AND FOR THE JOINT BENEFIT AND USE OF THE FEDERAL AND COMMONWEALTH TRUSTEES. IN ADDITION, THE SETTLING DEFENDANTS WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF A 1200-ACRE TRACK OF LAND KNOWN AS THE KINGS MANOR PROPERTY TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND WILL RELEASE A MORTGAGE HELD BY VIACOM INERNATIONAL, INC ON PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE WILDLIFE INFORMATION CENTER FOR USE BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

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