EPA v. Texas Eastern Terminal Company et al.

Case summary

This entered consent decree resolves the CERCLA cost recovery claims of the United States and the State of New Jersey against the Defendant or the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund Site in the Borough of South Plainfield, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The settlement represents the Woodbrook Site portion of a single ability to pay settlement that also resolves EPA Region 1�s claims against the Defendant for the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site in a separate consent decree that was entered in the District of Massachusetts on March 21, 2023. The Defendant's total $8 million settlement payment will be split evenly between the Woodbrook Site and the NBH Site, i.e., $4 million will be paid to settle the claims of Region 2, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of the Interior for the Woodbrook Site and $4 million will be paid to settle claims of Region 1 and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the NBH Site.

Defendants (3)

• Borough of South Plainfield
• Texas Eastern Terminal Company
• Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WOODBROOK ROAD DUMP

  FOOT OF WOODBROOK ROAD (SOUTH END), SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 08820

  Registry ID: 110009341970

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc.entered 2023-05-04

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2014-02-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-04-17PRN Sent
• 2022-05-17Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2022-05-31Complaint Filed With Court
• 2022-05-31Final Order Lodged
• 2023-05-04Final Order Entered