EPA v. NL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$2,500
Case summary
SETTLING RESPONDENT, THE DELAWARE RIVER LAND COMPANY, LLC, ENTERS INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH US EPA PURSUANT TO CERCLA 42 USC SECTION 9601-9675. SETTLING RESPONDENT AGREES TO PAY EPA $2,500 IN EXCHANGE FOR THE UNITED STATES COVENANT NOT TO SUE. THIS PURCHASE IS FOR PROPERTY (14.03 ACRES) ON THE NL SITE WHICH WAS CONTAMINATED BY LEAD SMELTER OPERATIONS.
Defendants (1)
- DELAWARE RIVER LAND COMPANY, THENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NATIONAL SMELTING OF NEW JERSEY INCORPORATED
PENNS GROVE & PEDRICKTOWN RD, PEDRICKTOWN, NJ, 08067
Registry ID: 110064214817
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 122 — Superfund
Enforcement conclusions (1)
DELAWARE RIVER LAND COMPANYentered 1999-04-07
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1998-12-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-04-07Final Order Issued
- 1999-04-07Enforcement Action Closed
- 1999-09-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 6842
- Case number
- 02-1999-0515
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- NJSUP
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-1999-0515 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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