# SOMERSWORTH, CITY OF ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `436`
- **Case Number:** 01-1996-0004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $283K
- **Compliance action $:** $14.50M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF NH (complaint) (settlement)
- CATES RUBBISH REMOVAL SERVICES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- CVS
- D.F. RICHARD INC (complaint) (settlement)
- EXETER & HAMPTON ELECTRIC COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- FORTIER & SON INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GAGNON'S AUTO BODY INC (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL LINEN SERVICE INC (complaint) (settlement)
- J.A. PRINCE & SON INC (complaint) (settlement)
- MID-WAY BUICK PONTIAC GMC (complaint) (settlement)
- NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO (complaint) (settlement)
- NEW HAMPSHIRE PRINTERS & BUSINESS FORMS (complaint) (settlement)
- PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (complaint) (settlement)
- R.M. ROULEAU INC (complaint) (settlement)
- RIVERSIDE GARAGE & LEASING INC (complaint) (settlement)
- ROBBINS AUTO PARTS INC (complaint) (settlement)
- SOMERSWORTH NISSAN INC (complaint) (settlement)
- SOMERSWORTH, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- TRI-CITY DODGE INC & TRI-CITY SUBARU (complaint) (settlement)
- WASTE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL PROPOSES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE      LODGE AND MOVE FOR ENTRY IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN    NEW HAMPSHIRE A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT UNDER CERCLA SECTIONS    106 AND 107, AND RCRA SECTION 7003. THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT  CALLS FOR TWENTY SETTLING PARTIES TO PERFORM THE REMEDIAL    DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION (RD/RA) AT THE SOMERSWORTH        SANITARY LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE IN SOMERSWORTH, NEW HAMP-   SHIRE (THE SITE) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROD, AND TO PAY      CERTAIN PAST AND FUTURE COSTS RELATED TO THE SITE.             TWENTY PARTIES HAVE SUBMITTED SIGNATURE PAGES TO THE       PROPOSED DECREE AS HAS THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. TWO OF    THESE PARTIES, THE CITY OF SOMERSWORTH, NH AND GENERAL       ELECTRIC ARE  WORK SETTLING DEFENDANTS  RESPONSIBLE FOR      CARRYING OUT ALL THE WORK AT THE SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH     THE CONSENT DECREE AND PAYING THE MAJORITY OF THE PAST COSTS TO BE RECOVERED. THREE OF THE SETTLING PARTIES, BROWNING-    FERRIS, INDUSTRIES INC., WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA,  INC., AND CATE'S RUBBISH REMOVAL SERVICES, INC. ARE          CASH-OUT SETTLING DEFENDANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING A TOTAL  OF $33,181 TO THE UNITED STATES AND A TOTAL OF $188, 023 TO  THE WORK SETTLING DEFENDANTS TO E USED TO IMPLEMENT THAT     REMEDY. THE REMAINING FIFTEEN PARTIES ARE  DE MININIS        SETTLING DEFENDANTS  EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING $31,304 TO  THE WORK SETTLING DEFENDANTS TO BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THE     REMEDY. TEN PARTIES ISSUED SPECIAL NOT

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