# USR INDUSTRIES
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4561`
- **Case Number:** 02-1992-0212
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $1.56M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SAFETY LIGHT CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- USR INDUSTRIES, INC (complaint) (settlement)
- USR LIGHTING, INC
- USR METALS, INC
## Summary

THE U.S. SEEKS TO RECOVER COSTS OF A REMOVAL ACTION, THE  RI/FS AND FUTURE COSTS AT THE U.S. RADIUM SITE IN ORGANGE,   NJ.  THE SITE IS CONTAMINATED WITH RADIUM FROM A RADIUM      PROCESSING FACILITY WHICH OPERATED AT THE SITE BETWEEN       1917-1926.  THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE SITE AT THE TIME   OF DISPOSAL, U.S. RADIUM CORPORATION, HAS BEEN REORGANIZED   INTO 4 COMPANIES.  THE U.S. HAS DETERMINED THAT ALL 6 CO'S   ARE CORPORATE SUCCESSORS OF U.S. RADIUM AND ARE LIABLE FOR   THE RESPONSE COSTS AT THE SITE.                              *                                                            *PRN REPORT SENT ON 2/30/92                                  ****                                                         *REFERRED TO DOJ ON 1/17/97 - SINCE THE LATTER PART OF 1992  EPA HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH SAFETY LIGHT AND THE OTHER     SUCCESSORS FOR COST RECOVERY.  THESE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN  UNSUCCESSFUL.  EPA REQUEST THAT DOJ FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST USR INDUSTRIES AND SAFETY LIGHT CORP. ON BEHALF OF THE U.S.  IN THE COST RECOVERY ACTION RELATING TO THE SITE.  THE       REMEDIAL ACTIONS AT THE SITE HAVE BEEN, AND CONTINUE TO BE,  CONDUCTED BY EPA.                                            *                                                            4 PROPOSED PRPS                                              *                                                            NOTE: CASE WAS ORGINALLY KNOWN AS SAFETY LIGHT.  WHEN        THE CASE WAS REFERRED THE CASE NAME WAS

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