Daniel Wettreich EPA and Bankruptcy
Excerpt from Environmental Protection Agency – Region 4, Fiscal Year 1999 Accomplishments Report:
APF Industries Superfund Site (Florida) - On June 11, 1999, the federal district court granted the Government’s motion to enter the Consent Decree [97-2648-CIV-T-23(B)] settling an underlying cost recovery action resulting from a removal action at the APF Industries, Inc. facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. On October 30, 1998, DOJ filed a civil action in federal district court in Tampa, Florida, for CERCLA cost recovery against Daniel Wettreich, individually and also against the trustees of the Wettreich Heritage Trust, i.e., Zara Wettreich and Hermina, Inc., for removal costs incurred by EPA at APF Industries, Inc. in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Wettreich served as president of APF for a year prior to abandoning the site to a bankruptcy trustee.