# LITTON SYSTEMS, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `240`
- **Case Number:** 01-1991-0020
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $60K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (ARCO) (complaint) (settlement)
- EASTERN COMPANY (complaint)
- GERALD METALS, INC. (complaint)
- LITTON SYSTEMS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL PROPOSES THE FILING OF A COST RECOVERY ACTION  PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. S 9607, AGAINST FOUR POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRPS) FOR PAST COSTS   INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH PERFORMANCE OF            PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT/SITE INVESTIGATION (PA/SI); OVERSIGHT OF PERFORMANCE OF A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY       STUDY; OVERSIGHT OF CONSTRUCTION OF A FENCE, A WATER LINE    AND SEWER LINE, A PRP SEARCH AND REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL    ACTION NEGOTIATIONS; AND FOR FUTURE OVERSIGHT COST TO BE     INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL     ACTION TO BE PERFORMED AT THE LAUREL PARK, INC. SUPERFUND    SITE IN NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT (THE SITE). THIS ACTION SEEKS APPROXIMATELY $700,000 PLUS INTEREST IN PAST COSTS, AS WELL  AS A DECLARATION OF THE DEFENDANTS' LIABILITY FOR            APPROXIMATELY $200,000 IN FUTURE REMEDIAL ACTION OVERSIGHT   COSTS AT THE SITE. IF THIS ACTION IS NOT FILED BY MAY 11,    1991, THE UNITED STATES RUNS THE RISK OF BEING BARRED FROM   THE PORTION OF THESE COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH PA/SI AND RI/FS BY THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.                     THE FOUR (4) DEFENDANTS IN THIS ACTION ARE NON-SETTLERS IN   THE RECENT REMEDIAL DESIGN/REMEDIAL ACTION NEGOTIATIONS THAT TERMINATED IN THE LAURAL PARK CONSENT DECREE. ALL FOUR ARE   GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WHICH WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE BY MURTHA TRUCKING. GERALD METALS, INC. ARRANGED    FOR MURTHA TO DISPOSE OF HAZARDOUS S

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