# YOUNG, SOLOMON AND BETTY
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `261`
- **Case Number:** 01-1993-0007
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $575K
- **Cost recovery:** $50K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BETTY YOUNG (complaint) (settlement)
- SOLOMON YOUNG (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

UNDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE, TWO PRPS, SOL AND BETTY   YOUNG, AGREE TO REIMBURSE THE UNITED STATES $625,000 IN PAST COSTS RELATING TO THE FIRST AND SECOND OPERABLE UNITS AT THE KELLOGG DEERING SUPERFUND SITE IN NORWALK, CT. IN RETURN,    THE YOUNGS WILL RECEIVE A COVENANT NOT TO SUE FROM THE       UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO PAST RESPONSE COSTS, AS        DEFINED IN THE DECREE.  THE YOUNGS ARE NOT RELEASED FOR THE  PERFORMANCE OF THE SECOND OPERABLE UNIT REMEDY, WHICH IS     CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED BY PARTIES TO A PRIOR SEPARATE     CONSENT DECREE.1  THIS LIMITATION OF THE COVENANT IS         SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE PARTIES TO THE PRIOR SEPARATE        CONSENT DECREE HAVE FILED A CONTRIBUTION ACTION AGAINST SOL  AND BETTY YOUNG, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTIES.  THE UNITED       STATES TOOK CARE TO ENSURE THAT THIS SETTLEMENT WILL NOT     TRAMMEL THE PRIOR SETTLER'S RIGHTS IN THAT ACTION.           AS OF NOVEMBER, 1992, EPA'S TOTAL PAST COSTS AT THE SITE ARE $3,446,498. ADDITIONALLY, THE VALUE OF THE SECOND OPERABLE

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