In re Betteroads Asphalt, LLC, No. 17-04156-ESL11 (Bankr. D.P.R. Mar. 21, 2032). Under a proposed CERCLA settlement agreement, EPA will have an allowed claim of $1,095,567 in connection with the PROTECO Superfund site in Penuelas, Puerto Rico.

EPA Region 8 announced a prospective lessee agreement between the United States, the state of South Dakota, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, and Agnico Eagle Limited (collectively “Agnico”), providing that Agnico will perform a reuse assessment, including surface and subsurface sampling, and pay at least $2.5 million annually to cover the cost of water treatment and site operations for the duration of the agreement at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site in Lawrence County, South Dakota.

United States v. Cohen, No. CV-06-4818 (JMA)(AYS) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 14, 2023). Settling CERCLA defendants must distribute certain assets among claimants for recovery of response costs related to historical operations at Lawrence Aviation Industries, Inc., in Port Jefferson, New York.

United States v. United Alloys & Steel Corp., No. 23-1968 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 8, 2023). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $260,000 to reimburse the United States’ past response costs regarding the Port Refinery Superfund site in New York.

EPA Region 7 entered into a proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA for recovery of past response costs concerning the Newton County Mine Tailings Superfund site in Missouri.

EPA announced a proposed cashout settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning Agency response costs at the Donna Reservoir and Canal Superfund site in Donna, Texas.

EPA announced a proposed cashout settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning Agency response costs at the Vermiculite Products Inc. Superfund site in Houston, Texas.

EPA entered into a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the JJW Metal Recycling Fire Superfund site in Carolina, Puerto Rico.

United States v. Honeywell International Inc., No. 5:23-cv-00059 (N.D.W. Va. Feb. 22, 2023). Settling CERCLA defendants must pay for all future EPA and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection response costs and reimburse $534,165 of the United States’ past response costs in connection with the release of hazardous substances at the Hanlin-Allied-Olin Superfund site in Moundsville, West Virginia.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA involving a mixed work and funding agreement, including a proposed compromise of up to $1.841 million in direct and indirect EPA costs associated with the Agency’s contribution to the implementation of a removal action at the Mansell Field Site in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.