EPA v. BASF Corporation et al.

Case summary

This administrative settlement agreement and order on consent requires the Respondents to perform a remedial design of the remedy selected in the Record of Decision signed by the Administrator on September 25, 2018 for the Berry's Creek Study Area located in Bergen County, New Jersey. The work is estimated to cost $11 million and the Respondents agree to pay all future oversight costs incurred by EPA in overseeing the work. Amendment signed on December 5, 2023, requires expedited access support activities in addition to the required remedial design work for the remedy selected in the Record of Decision signed by the Administrator on September 25, 2018 for the Berry's Creek Study Area located in Bergen County, New Jersey. The work added by the amendment is estimated to cost $30 million and the Respondents agree to pay all future oversight costs incurred by EPA in overseeing the work.

Defendants (90)

• University of MinnesotaNamed in settlement
• Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C.Named in settlement
• W.A. Baum Company, Inc.Named in settlement
• Warner-Lambert Company LLCNamed in settlement
• Western Michigan UniversityNamed in settlement
• Cycle Chem, Inc. - ACV EnviroNamed in settlement
• D.F. Goldsmith Chemical & Metal CorporationNamed in settlement
• Cytec Industries Inc.Named in settlement
• Dri-Print Foils, Inc.Named in settlement
• E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyNamed in settlement
• Exxon Mobil CorporationNamed in settlement
• FUJIFILM Graphic Systems U.S.A., Inc.Named in settlement
• Goodrich CorporationNamed in settlement
• Garfield Refining CompanyNamed in settlement
• General Electric CompanyNamed in settlement
• GlaxoSmithKline LLCNamed in settlement
• Honeywell International Inc.Named in settlement
• HCR ManorCare, Inc.Named in settlement
• Hexion Inc.Named in settlement
• Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Named in settlement
• ICI Americas Inc.Named in settlement
• ISP Environmental Services Inc.Named in settlement
• Johnson & JohnsonNamed in settlement
• L.E. Carpenter & Co.Named in settlement
• Kirker Enterprises, Inc.Named in settlement
• …and 65 more

Facilities (1)

• VENTRON/VELSICOL

  5 ETHEL BLVD, WOOD-RIDGE, NJ, 07075

  Registry ID: 110038888335

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
• CERCLA 122A — Agreement to Perform Work Under 104B

Enforcement conclusions (2)

• BASF Corporation et al.entered 2019-09-30

  Primary law: CERCLA

• 3M Company et al.entered 2023-12-05

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2019-10-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2023-12-05Final Order Issued