EPA entered into two proposed settlement agreements under CERCLA that absolve the settling parties for past U.S. response costs incurred at the Granite Timber Superfund site in Granite County, Montana, due to an inability to pay; a deed record notice must be filed for a building on the site property. 

United States v. Santos/Alviso Partnership, L.P., No. CV 11-04139 HRL (N.D. Cal. Aug. 23, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the South Bay Asbestos Superfund site in San Jose, California, must provide access to the landfill property, must inspect and maintain an existing cap on the landfill property, and must execute and record a covenant to protect the existing cap.

United States v. Schwab Family Partnership, No. 2:10-cv-00412-JD (E.D. Pa. Aug. 30, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Franklin Smelting and Slag Superfund sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, must pay $2,783,750 to the United States and $491,250 to Pennsylvania in past response costs incurred at the sites, must assign their rights to any future recovery on insurance policies related to business operations at the sites, and must contribute the net proceeds from the sale of two properties by one of the settling defendants.

United States v. Jacob Goldberg & Son, Inc., No. 3237 (CS) (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Port Refinery Superfund site in Rye Brook, New York, must pay $215,250 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site. 

EPA entered into two proposed administrative settlement agreements under CERCLA that require the settling parties to provide long-term access for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the plume pump and treat infrastructure at the Bountiful/Woods Cross 5th South PCE Plume site in Davis County, Utah.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement and order on consent under CERCLA that requires the settling parties to pay $50,000 in future U.S. response costs at the Reclamation Oil Superfund site in Detroit, Michigan, and to perform detailed removal action at the site at an estimated cost of $1,016,863.

United States v. City of Newburgh, No. 08 Civ. 7378 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2011). Under a modified consent decree, additional settling CERCLA PRPs must pay $200,400 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Consolidated Iron and Metal Company Superfund site in Newburgh, New York.

United States v. CDS Investment Co., No. 2:11-cv-5696 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 12, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the AIW Frank/Mid-County Mustang Superfund site near Exton, Pennsylvania, must pay $830,000 in response costs incurred at the site to the United States and Pennsylvania and must pay 65% of any insurance policy proceeds received to the United States.

United States v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., No. 2:11-cv-02790 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 14, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Johnston Yard Superfund alternative site in Memphis, Tennessee, must pay past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the site and must perform the EPA-specified remedial design and action for the site.

vUnited States v. Western Reman Industrial Inc., No. 11-cv-00008 (N.D. Ind. Jan. 10, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the former Grissom Air Force Base in Peru, Indiana, must pay $300,000 in past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the site.