# J&M LAND CO. > **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery ## Case - **Activity ID:** `4915` - **Case Number:** 02-1993-0296 - **Type:** Judicial - **Lead:** EPA - **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery - **Penalty assessed:** — - **Cost recovery:** $98K - **Compliance action $:** — - **Multimedia (multi-env):** N ## Defendants - J&M LAND CO. (complaint) (settlement) - JERSEY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT CO (complaint) (settlement) ## Summary EPA SENT A REFERRAL TO DOJ IN SEPT. 1993. RECOMMENDED AS POTENTIAL DEFENDANTS WERE CHANPION CHEMICAL CO ( CHAMPION ), IMPERIAL OIL CO., INC. ( IMPERIAL ), J&M LAND CO. ( J&M ) & JERSEY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT CO. ( JCP&L ). EPA AND DOJ ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE SETTLEMENTS WITH EACH PARTY. NEGO- TIATIONS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL WITH CHAMPION AND IMPERIAL AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED AGAINST BOTH COMPANIES ON 3/29/96. SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS CONTINUED WITH BOTH PARTIES. CONSENT DECREES FOR BOTH PARTIES WERE SIGNED BY EPA ON 7/12/96. A COMPLIANT WAS FILED BY DOJ ALONG WITH THE TWO CD'S (ONE FOR J&M AND ONE FOR JCP&L) IN FEDERAL DIST. COURT IN NJ ON 7/15/96. PURSUANT TO THE CD'S, WHEN ENTERED BY THE COURT, JCP&L WILL PAY ITS APPORTIONED SHARE OF $67,500 & J&M WILL PAY ITS APPORTIONED SHARE OF $30,000 TOWARD THE COSTS INCURRED AT THE IMPERIAL OIL/CHAMPION CHEMICAL SUPERFUND SITE ( SITE ) LOCATED IN MORGANVILLE, MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ. ALL OTHER RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA AT THIS SITE ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE COST RECOVERY ACTION FILED BY DOJ ON MARCH 29, 1996 IN THE CASE ENTITLED U.S. V. CHAMPION CHEMICAL. * 2 DEFENDANTS * FACILITY NAME: IMPERIAL OIL CO INC/CHAMPION CHEMICAL SITE ADDRESS: ORCHARD PLACE --- *Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*