# ACTON CORP (II)
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4095`
- **Case Number:** 02-1991-0103
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $561K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ACTON CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- ADDIS & DEYS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AKZO COATINGS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ALLIED-SIGNAL INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN CYANAMID CO (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN FLANGE & MFG CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN INKS & COATINGS CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN CO (complaint) (settlement)
- AMERICAN STANDARD INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BASF CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- BEL-RAY CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BENJAMIN MOORE & CO (complaint) (settlement)
- BER MAR MANUFACTURING (complaint) (settlement)
- BORDEN INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BOWEN ENGINEERING INC (complaint) (settlement)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDS. OF ELIZABETH NJ (complaint) (settlement)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF SO JERSEY (complaint) (settlement)
- CADILLAC PLASTIC GROUP INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CARTER WALLACE INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CECOS INTERNATIONAL INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER (complaint) (settlement)
- CERRO COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CHARMS CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEMCOAT INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CIBA-GEIGY CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- COCA-COLA FOODS DIVISION OF COCA-COLA CO (complaint) (settlement)
- COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO (complaint) (settlement)
- COMPOUNDERS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CONGOLEUM CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- CONTINENTAL CAN CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CUSTOM CHEMICALS CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- DECORATIVE INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- DURACELL INC (complaint) (settlement)
- DURO-TEST CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- E.R. SQUIBB & SONS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ECKER CONTRACTING & ROOFING CO INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ENGELHARD CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- ENGLISHTOWN AUCTION SALES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE RESOURCES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- FELLOWES MANUFACTURING CO (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL FOODS CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL HOSE PRODUCTS (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- GILLETTE CO (complaint) (settlement)
- GTE PRODUCTS CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

LODGING OF A JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE, BY APPROXIMATELY 120 PRIVATE PARTIES, OF REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION (RD/RA) FOR THE SECOND OPERABLE UNIT AT THE LONE PINE SUPERFUND SITE IN FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY.  THE CONSENT DECREE ALSO PROVIDES FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY THE SETTLORS IN PAST RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE UNITED STATES PAST STATE RESPONSE COSTS.  THE SETTLORS ALSO AGREE TO PAY  FUTURE STATE AND FEDERAL OVERSIGHT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND OPERABLE UNIT.  WITH THE SETTLEMENT FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE SELECTED REMEDY FOR THE FIRST OPERABLE UNIT, CONSISTING OF A LANDFILL CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, REACHED IN U.S. V. ACTON (ENTERED 3/5/90)  AND THE SETTLEMENT IN PRINCIPLE FOR PAYMENT IN  CARVED OUT  OPERABLE UNIT ONE COSTS REACHED IN U.S. V. ARMSTRONG LITIGATION, THE GOV'T WILL HAVE RECOVERED OVER 99% OF ITS PAST AND PROJECTED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE.

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