# ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3701`
- **Case Number:** 02-1989-0409
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $4.62M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ASHLAND OIL INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AT & T TECHNOLOGIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON CORP/CHEVRON U.S.A INC (complaint) (settlement)
- E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY INC (complaint) (settlement)
- FREEHOLD CARTAGE INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GAF CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GANES CHEMICALS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- HOECHST CELANESE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- IBM (complaint) (settlement)
- LONE PINE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- MATLACK INC (complaint) (settlement)
- NL INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- PFIZER INC (complaint) (settlement)
- RCA CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- ROHM & HAAS CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- SCHENECTADY CHEMICALS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- TENAX FINISHING PRODUCTS CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- TRANSFER PRINT FOILS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION CARBIDE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ACTION TO RECOVER PAST COSTS AND OBTAIN DECLAR- ATORY RELIEF CONCERNING FUTURE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA IN UNDR TAKING RESPOSNE SCTIONS AT THE LONE PINE LANDFILL SUPERFUND  SITE LOCATED IN FREEHOLD TWP, MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ.  THE      RESPONSE ACTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY EPA AT THE SITE   INCLUDE A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY ( RI/ FS ) AND A REMEDIAL DESIGN ( RD ).                             THE SITE RANKS FIFTEENTH ON THE NPL.  A RECORD OF DECISION ( ROD ) FOR THE SITE WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1984.  THE  REMEDIAL ACTION WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY 116 PRPS PURSUANT TO A CONSENT DECREE, LODGED ON AUGUST 25, 1989.  THE PROPOSED     DEFENDANTS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SETTLEMENT FOR         REMEDIAL ACTION.                                               EPA SEEKS: (A) RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN-   CURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, AND (B) A DECLAR- ATORY JUDGMENT AS TO THE DEFENDANTS' LIABILITY FOR FUTURE    EXPENSES TO BE INCURRED BY EPA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE.    THE MAJORITY OF THE DEFENDANTS WERE NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES  BETWEEN 1984 AND 1988.  DEMAND LETTERS FOR THE PAST COSTS    WERE SENT ON AUGUST 24, 1989.  NONE OF THE PROPOSED DEFEND-  ANTS RESPONDED FULLY TO EPA'S DEMANDS, ALTHOUGH A PARTIAL    SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM TWENTY PRPS, INCLUDING 19 OF THE       PROPOSED DEFENDANTS, WAS RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1989.       *                                                          STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS                

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