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Under terms of the settlement filed with the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania, the companies agreed either to fund or complete, or both, a $12 million cleanup at the seven-acre site Breslube-Penn Superfund Site in Coraopolis, Pa, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday in a jointly issued news release.

The settling companies also agreed to reimburse the EPA $3 million in past costs at the site and to pay for EPA's future costs, including cleanup oversight. The state, which has also signed the consent decree, will be reimbursed $41,000 for its past enforcement costs and will recoup future response costs.

The United States collected more than $4.2 million in previous settlements with other parties, bringing the total value of the judicial settlements involving Breslube-Penn Superfund Site to more than $19 million.

"As a result of this settlement, the Breslube-Penn Superfund Site will be cleaned up and taxpayers will be reimbursed for money already spent to respond to contamination at the site", said John C. Cruden, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.

The consent decree is subject to a 30-day public notice and comment period, and final court approval.

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