# LAWRENCE METALS (FORMER)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2018 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601608310`
- **Case Number:** 01-2018-0012
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Lawrence Metals (Former) (settlement)
## Summary

On August 21, 2018, Region 1 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT or Settling Party) entered into a CERCLA  122(h) administrative settlement agreement for cost recovery at the Former Lawrence Metals Superfund Site (Site).  Under the settlement, the Settling Party will pay $200,000 to resolve its liability for EPA's past response costs at the Site.
From 2012 through 2014, EPA performed a time-critical removal action at the Site to excavate and dispose off-site soils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lead.  MIT was a prior owner/operator of the Site for a limited period of time in 1986.  Previously, in 2013, EPA entered into a Windfall Lien Agreement at this Site with a bona fide prospective purchaser, as well as the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and recovered $1,650,000.  Following EPA?s removal action, the Site was redeveloped as a hotel.  The settlement with MIT will be subject to a 30-day public comment period

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