MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Pending before the Court are Magistrate Judge Lovric’s (“MJ Lovric”) April 24, 2020 Order and Report-Recommendation (“R&R”), see Dkt. No. 201, and Plaintiff’s and First Third-Party Defendants’ objections thereto. See Dkt. Nos. 201, 205, 206. II. BACKGROUND On June 1, 2018, Plaintiff Honeywell International Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Honeywell”) filed a complaint against Defendants Buckeye Partners, L.P.; Buckeye GP LLC; Buckeye Pipe Line Company, L.P.; and Buckeye Pipe Line Holdings, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Defendants” or “Buckeye”). See generally Dkt. No. 1. In its complaint, Plaintiff asserted the following six causes of action claiming that (1) Buckeye was liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) §107(a), 42 U.S.C. §9607(a) for the necessary costs of response that Plaintiff incurred by investigating and remediating SYW-12; (2) Buckeye was liable under CERCLA §§107(a), 113(f), 42 U.S.C. §§9607(a), 9613(f) for an equitable share of the necessary costs of response that Plaintiff incurred, consistent with the National Contingency Plan (“NCP”), by investigating and remediating the Onondaga Lake Bottom Subsite and investigating SYW-12; (3) Buckeye was liable under CERCLA §§107, 113(f) for an equitable share of the costs Plaintiff incurred, pursuant to the 2018 NRD Consent Decree, for injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources resulting from hazardous substances being released at or from its facilities at the Onondaga Lake Superfund Site; (4) Buckeye was liable in contribution to Plaintiff under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”) §§1009, 1017, 33 U.S.C. §§2709, 2717 for (a) oil-related removal costs that were incurred consistent with, and not inconsistent with, the NCP at both the Onondaga Lake Bottom Subsite and SYW-12, and (b) damages for injury to, or economic losses resulting from destruction of, loss of, and/or loss of use of, natural resources; (5) Buckeye was liable to Plaintiff (a) under New York Navigation Law for contribution of petroleum discharge cleanup and removal costs that Plaintiff has incurred, and will continue to incur, with regard to investigating and remediating the Onondaga Lake Bottom Subsite and investigating SYW-12, and (b) for contribution of natural resource costs incurred pursuant to the 2018 NRD Consent Decree; and (6) Buckeye was liable under New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“NYCPLR”) §1401 and New York common law for costs that Plaintiff has incurred, and will continue to incur, in excess of its equitable share under the 2007 Consent Decree, the 2018 Response Costs Consent Decree, the 2018 NRD Consent Decree, and the SYW-12 investigation as a result of contamination at Onondaga Lake. See id. at
263-327. Accordingly, Plaintiff seeks, among other things, declaratory judgment and contribution by Defendants of their equitable share of response, removal and/or cleanup costs and natural resource development costs that Plaintiff has incurred or will incur. See id. at
