# SUMMITVILLE/FRIEDLAND
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50591`
- **Case Number:** 08-1996-0135
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $22.50M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AZTEC MINERALS CORP. (complaint)
- BRAD G. MORSE (complaint)
- DAVID H. TIPPIT (complaint)
- GRAY EAGLE MINING CORP. (complaint)
- ROBERT FRIEDLAND (complaint) (settlement)
- SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINERALS CORP. (complaint)
- WILLIAM A. MOORE (complaint)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL ALLEGES THAT FRIEDLAND'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE    MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND DECISION MAKING RISES TO THE LEVEL    OF MAKING HIM PERSONALLY LIABLE AS AN OPERATOR OF THE SITE.  THE REGION REQUESTED THAT DOJ FILE THIS ACTION IMMEDIATELY   AND SEEK A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER TO FREEZE FRIEDLAND'S ASSETS IN CANADA PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION     ACT.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*