# JACK FRIEDLAND ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `299`
- **Case Number:** 01-1994-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FRIEDLAND BROTHERS ENTERPRISES (complaint)
- HAROLD FRIEDLAND (complaint)
- JACK FRIEDLAND (complaint)
- LEONARD FRIEDLAND (complaint)
## Summary

UNDER THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE, THE SETTLING PARTIES,     JACK, HAROLD AND LEONARD FRIEDLAND AGREE TO PAY THE          GOVERNMENTS A MINIMUM OF $7 MILLION WITH A POTENTIAL         PAYMENT OF UP TO $40 MILLION, FOR RESPONSE COSTS RELATING    TO THE SITE. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IS ALSO A     PARTY TO THIS CONSENT DECREE. THE GOVERNMENT'S LIABILITY     THEORY AGAINST THE FRIEDLAND IS BASED UPON THEIR STATUS AS   OWNERS UNDER CERCLA SECTION 107(A). IN PARTICULAR, THE       FRIEDLANDS OWNED (BUT DID NOT OPERATE)THE SITE BETWEEN 1960  AND 1979. DURING THIS PERIOD THE FRIEDLANDS LEASED THE       PROPERTY TO SEVERAL COMPANIES. EPA HAS EVIDENCE INDICATING   THAT, IN THE COURSE OF THEIR OPERATIONS, THE LESSEES         IMPROPERLY DISPOSED OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, VOLATILE   ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND METALS AT THE SITE. ACCORDINGLY, EPA  IDENTIFIED NOT ONLY THE FRIEDLANDS, BUT ALSO THEIR LESSEES   AS POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AT THE SITE. IN 1992      FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF THESE PARTIES TO SETTLE THEIR       LIABILITY AND TO COMPLY WITH AN EPA UNILATERAL               ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (UAO) TO PERFORM THE CLEANUP, THE       UNITED STATES AND THE COMMONWEALTH SUED THEM TO RECOVER      SITE RESPONSE COSTS. UNTIL RECENTLY, THE PARTIES ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE THIS LITIGATION WERE FRUSTRATED BY THE UNWILLINGNESS  OF FPE AND CDE TO COME FORWARD WITH A MEANINGFUL OFFER IN    LIGHT TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ESTIMATED SITE RESPONSE COSTS. IN MAY 1994, HOWEVER, A NOVEL SETTLE

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