United States v. Alden Leeds, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-07326 (D.N.J. Dec. 16, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must pay $150 million in cleanup costs incurred and to be incurred at Operable Unit 2 and Operable Unit 4 of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site in New Jersey.

EPA Region 2 announced a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the Jewett White Lead Company Superfund site located on Staten Island in Richmond County, New York.

A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA requires settling defendants to pay the United States and Delaware $1,071,755.84 in connection with the alleged release of hazardous substances from two manufacturing facilities in New Castle County, Delaware, leading to injury to, impairment of, destruction of, loss of, diminution of value of, and/or loss of use of natural resources.

United States v. Hastings, City of, No. 8:03-cv-00531, and United States v. Dravo Corp., No. 8:01-cv-00500 (D. Neb. Dec. 7, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $1,439,336 to EPA for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the Agency for Operable Units 01 and 19 of the Hastings Groundwater Contamination Superfund site.

United States v. Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co., No. 3:15-cv-2328 (D.P.R. Dec. 6, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must reimburse EPA for $11 million of its past response costs at the Maunabo Groundwater Superfund site in Maunabo, Puerto Rico.

United States v. Aerosols Danville, Inc., No. 1:22-cv-405 (D.R.I. Nov. 9, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform remedial actions for Operable Unit 2 at the Landfill & Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund site in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, fully reimburse the state of Rhode Island for its future response costs, and reimburse the United States for a portion of its future site-related response costs.

EPA Region 8 proposed an amendment to a prospective purchaser agreement originally agreed to in 1994 for the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana, that would provide for the implementation of updated institutional controls and updated operations and maintenance plans.

United States v. Flexsteel Industries, Inc., No. 3:22-cv-00893 (N.D. Ind. Oct. 24, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $9.8 million in connection with the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in Elkhart, Indiana.

A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA, RCRA, and the CWA requires settling defendants to pay the United States for costs incurred responding to environmental contamination at the West Nome Tank Farm site in Nome, Alaska.

United States v. Dover Chemical Corp., No. 5:17-cv-02335 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 3, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must implement projects that will restore and protect 28.5 acres of wetlands in Stark County and protect 195 acres of riparian habitat in Tuscarawas, Jefferson, Columbiana, and/or Belmont counties, pay $880,000 to Ohio to fund projects near the Dover Chemical Corporation Superfund site to protect, restore, or enhance state groundwater resources, and pay for costs incurred by Ohio and the United States to assess injuries to natural resources associated with the site.