# N L INDUSTRIES INC/GOULD INC > **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery ## Case - **Activity ID:** `54139` - **Case Number:** 10-1988-0013 - **Type:** Judicial - **Lead:** EPA - **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery - **Penalty assessed:** $0 - **Cost recovery:** $2.25M - **Compliance action $:** — - **Multimedia (multi-env):** N ## Defendants - GOULD INC (complaint) (settlement) - N L INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement) ## Summary THIS ACTION IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR LODGING OF PARTIAL CONSENT DECREE COVERING PRE-DESIGN STUDIES, REMEDIAL DESIGN AND PORTIONS OF REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE GOULD SUPERFUND SITE IN PORTLAND, OR. ALSO ENCLOSED IS A 'MINI' LITIGATION REPORT ANALYZING THIS DECREE IN TERMS OF EPA'S SETTLEMENT POLICY CRITERIA. THE DECREE WHICH HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY DOJ AND EPA STAFF, INVOLVES A SETTLEMENT WITH N L INDUSTRIES INC FOR $2,250,000. TO SUPPORT THE PRE-DESIGN STUDIES, REMEDIAL DESIGN AND PARTIAL REMEDIAL ACTION AT THE SITE. A COVENANT NOT TO SUE IS PROVIDED ONLY FOR THE WORK THAT N L IS PERFORMING PURSUANT TO THIS DECREE. NO OTHER COVENANTS ARE PROVIDED. REGION 10 IS RECOMMENDING THAT THIS PROPOSED DECREE BE ACCEPTED AND FORMALLY EXECUTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. A REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE GOULD INC SITE CONDUCTED BY PRP'S PURSUANT TO AN ADMINISTRA- TIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED BY EPA, WAS COMPLETED IN 2/88. EPA ISSUED A ROD IN 3/88, SETTING FORTH THE SELECTED REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE SITE. SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS WERE SENT TO PRP'S PURSUANT TO SECTION 122 OF CERCLA, 42 USC, 9622, INITIATING A NEGOTIATION MORATORIUM BETWEEN EPA AND THESE PARTIES. AFTER EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS, THE ENCLOSED PARTIAL CONSENT DECREE HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY THE SETTLING DEFENDANT. --- *Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*