EPA entered into a proposed administrative de minimis settlement under CERCLA that requires 290 settling parties to pay over $2 million in U.S. response costs and potential natural resource damages incurred at the Casmalia Disposal Superfund site in Santa Barbara County, California.

United States v. Cast Parts, Inc., No. 12-1656 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 9, 2012). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Remacor Superfund site in West Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, must pay $1,110,865.40 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $385,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Agrifos Phosphoric Acid Release Superfund site in Pasadena, Texas.

United States v. Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, No. 12-1159-MJR-PMF (S.D. Ill. Nov. 6, 2012). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Rogers Cartage Superfund site in Cahokia, Illinois, must pay $65,224.12 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site, must pay all future response costs, and must implement the EPA-selected response action to address PCB contamination.

United States v. Index Sportsmen, Inc., No. 12-1949 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 5, 2012). A settling CERCLA defendant that operates a shooting range in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest near Index, Washington, must pay $687,000 for costs the U.S. government incurred responding to arsenic and lead contamination from discarded shot at the site.

EPA entered into a settlement under CERCLA to conduct sampling, perform a cleanup, and compromise cost with over 80 settling parties at the Ellis Road/American Electric Corporation Superfund site in Jacksonville, Florida.

EPA announced the availability of the 25th update to the federal agency hazardous waste compliance docket, which is used to identify federal facilities that should be evaluated to determine if they pose a threat to public health or welfare and the environment and to provide a mechanism to make this information available to the public.

United States v. Seachrome Corp., No. 2:02-cv-4565 ABC (RCx) (C.D. Cal. Oct. 26, 2012). Settling CERCLA defendants must pay $1.8 million in past response costs incurred at the South El Monte Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley Area 1 Superfund Site in South El Monte, Los Angeles County, California.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $50,000 in U.S. response costs incurred or to be incurred at the Digital Equipment Corp. Superfund site, also known as the PCB Horizon site, in San German, Puerto Rico.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA concerning the Gulf State Utilities--North Ryan Street Superfund site in Lake Charles, Louisiana, that requires the settling parties to pay $275,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.