Judgment entered holding liable Defendants for environmental cleanup costs and penalties under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. As proven at trial, the Defendants, in violation of several environmental laws and regulations, discharged a number of hazardous substances at the Port Jefferson facility on Long Island that could pose threats to human health and the environment. The Court found that, in addition to contaminating the facility itself, the Defendants were responsible for a mile-long contaminant plume in the groundwater beneath Port Jefferson. The Court's judgment found the Defendants jointly liable for $48,116,024.31 in costs incurred by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in cleaning up the site, and imposed civil penalties of $750,000 against both Defendants, individually, for their failure to comply with requests for information issued by EPA.
On May 12, 2023, the federal district court for the Eastern District of New York granted a motion to enter a consent decree relating to the site. In entering the settlement, the Court found that the consent decree, which resolved the only remaining claim in the litigation of this site, to be fair, reasonable, and consistent with the purpose of CERCLA.
On June 25, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved an amendment to the consent decree. The CD amendment memorializes a revised sale proposal by the Suffolk County Landbank fo