JONES TIRE AND BATTERY

Judicial · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 22477

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Penalty

$600K

Cost recovery

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Compliance action

Case

Case Number: 04-1998-0107
Type: Judicial
Lead: EPA
Outcome: Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
DOJ Docket: 90-11-2-986/1
Multimedia: N
Self-disclosure: N

Defendants (50)

AIM BATTERY COMPANY complaint settlement
ALLIED BATTERY COMPANY complaint settlement
ALLIED BATTERY COMPANY, INC. complaint settlement
ALUMINUM CAN RECYCLERS, INC. complaint settlement
B & L BROKERS, INC. complaint settlement
BAMA BATTERY SUPPLY, INC. complaint settlement
BARR, THOMAS L. complaint settlement
BEN SHEMPER & SONS, INC. complaint settlement
BESCO RECYCLING CORP. complaint settlement
BIRMINGHAM BATTERY AND GOLF CAR CO., INC complaint settlement
CENTRAL METALS COMPANY complaint settlement
CHARLES TEMERSON & SONS CO., INC. complaint settlement
CRAIG BATTERIES, INC complaint settlement
CULP IRON & METAL CO., INC. complaint settlement
CUMMINGS, JAMES complaint settlement
DANNY ISBELL, INC. complaint settlement
DELTA BATTERY CO. complaint settlement
DENNIS & SONS BATTERY complaint settlement
DENNIS, CORNELIUS C. complaint settlement
EAST PENN MANUFACTURING complaint settlement
ECONO BATTERY SERVICE complaint settlement
EXIDE CORPORATION complaint settlement
FILLER, JAMES J. complaint settlement
GIBSON, RICHARD complaint settlement
GILBERT BATTERY DISTRIBUTOR complaint settlement
GNB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. complaint settlement
HINDS SALVAGE COMPANY, INC. complaint settlement
HOLMES, JOHN complaint settlement
HS METALS CORP. complaint settlement
INDUSTRIAL BATTERY & CHARGER, INC. complaint settlement
INTERSTATE BATTERY SYSTEMS OF AMERICA,IN complaint settlement
INTERSTATE BATTERY SYSTEMS OF BIRMINGHAM complaint settlement
INTERSTATE BATTERY SYSTEMS OF KNOXVILLE complaint settlement
JEFFERSON IRON & METAL BROKERAGE, INC. complaint settlement
JEFFERSON IRON & METAL CO., INC. complaint settlement
JONES, GENE T. complaint settlement
JOSEPH SMITH, INC. complaint settlement
M. KIMMERLING & SONS, INC. complaint settlement
MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL METALS CORP. complaint settlement
MINDIS METALS, INC. complaint settlement
NELSON IRON & METAL CO. complaint settlement
NELSON, DUANE complaint settlement
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY complaint settlement
PHILIPS METALS, INC. complaint settlement
RED HOT BATTERY COMPANY complaint settlement
RESERVE TRADING complaint settlement
RICH BATTERY COMPANY, INC. complaint settlement
RICH, R. E. complaint settlement
ROBERTS, CLYDE complaint settlement
SEITZINGER'S, INC. complaint settlement

Summary

SITE WAS A BATTERY-CRACKING FACILITY IN BIRMINGHAM. EPA CONDUCTED REMOVAL AND OVERSIGHT AT SITE, INCURRING COSTS OF $1.38 MILLION. MARCH 16, 1998, EPA REFERRED MATTER TO DOJ FOR FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION UNDER CERCLA SECTION 107 TO RECOVER COSTS. DEFENDANTS ARE GENERATORS, NUMBERING APPROXIMATELY 50. CIVIL ACTION FOR COST RECOVERY. LARGE ORPHAN SHARE WILL BE A CONSIDERATION IF SETTLEMENT IS NEGOTIATED.

Source

Authoritative: EPA ECHO
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