EPA entered into five proposed settlements under CERCLA that require the parties to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the Ward Transformer Superfund site in Raleigh, North Carolina.

United States v. City of Newburgh, No. 08 Civ. 7378 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 30, 2010). Under a modified consent decree, 27 additional settling CERCLA parties responsible for the transportation of hazardous scrap metal materials to the Consolidated Iron and Metal Co. Superfund site in Newburgh, New York, must pay $276,655 to both the United States and to five of the parties to the original consent decree.

United States v. Beazer East, Inc., No. 11-cv-1124 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 16, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Crater Resources Superfund site in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, must pay $1,380,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. Lyon, No. 1:07-CV-00491-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Modesto Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Modesto, California, must pay $2,175,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. United Illuminating Co., No. 11-cv-121 (D. Conn. Jan. 24, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the East Main Street Disposal Area site in New Haven County, Connecticut, must pay $464,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

EPA entered into a settlement agreement under CERCLA determining that the settling party is unable to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the 10000 Havana Street Superfund site in Henderson, Colorado.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $25,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Auclair Superfund site on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Reservation in Riverside County, California.

EPA removed saccharin and its salts from the lists of hazardous constituents, wastes, and substances under CERCLA and RCRA.

United States v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., No. 4-07-CV-3795 (S.D. Tex. May 16, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at facilities in Houston, Odessa, and Webster, Texas, must pay $815,000 to the United States and $81,500 to Texas in response costs incurred or to be incurred at the sites.

In re Caribbean Petroleum Corp., No. 10-12553 (KG) (Bankr. D. Del. May 20, 2011). Settling CERCLA, CWA, Oil Pollution Act, and RCRA defendants responsible for violations at a petroleum distribution terminal in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, must provide the United States with general unsecured claims totaling $18,725,130 and must pay $8,200,000 in U.S. response costs and penalties.