United States v. Atlas Minerals and Chemicals, Inc.

OPINION

CAHN, Chief Judge.

This is a cost recovery action brought by the United States (the “government” or “United States”) pursuant to the Compre­hensive Environmental Response, Compensa­tion and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq. The government has identified and sued ten potentially responsi­ble parties (“PRPs” or “defendants”) for costs allegedly incurred in cleaning up a landfill. The PRPs and the government have reached a settlement of this dispute and have embodied their settlement in a consent de­cree. Currently before the court is the Unit­ed States’ Motion to Enter…