Settlement eyed for environmental cleanup cost at state park By RANDALL CHASEDecember 17, 2020 GMT DOVER, Del. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a tentative settlement with the state of Delaware after seeking to recoup millions of dollars for costs associated with cleaning up lead-contaminated material at Fort DuPont State Park. A federal court complaint filed Wednesday by the EPA was accompanied by a proposed consent decree resolving all claims in the complaint for about $3.6 million. The consent decree requires the state to pay about $1.9 million to the EPA. To resolve the state’s potential counterclaim, it also requires the Department of Defense to pay $1.7 million to EPA.