Cost recovery action pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, relating to the Superior Barrel and Drum Superfund Site in Elk Township, New Jersey. EPA has incurred approximately $6.3 million in removal action costs addressing contamination at this abandoned container reconditioning plant. During its removal action, EPA removed and properly disposed of thousands of containers of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants such as benzene, toluene, trichloroethylene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, PCBs and lead. The containers had been leaking, void of tops, exposed to weather elements, rusted, damaged due to gunshots, stored improperly, and lying on their sides.
U.S. District Court entered a Default Judgment against the Defendants for $6,370,093 in cost recovery.
On November 22, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered two consent decrees. These two consent decrees, one with a group of 30 arrangers (the Group) and one with an arranger that has a limited ability to pay, resolve the United States� claims against these 31 parties who arranged for the treatment or disposal of hazardous substances at the Site. The Settling Defendants will pay EPA $3,775,000. In addition to settling with these PRPs, EPA has pursued cost recovery from the former owners and operators of the facility. In April 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted EPA�s Motion for Entry of Default Judgment for all Site costs against the owner/operators.