Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Technichem, Inc.

ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20061
No(s). 12-cv-05845 (N.D. Cal. Mar 15, 2016) (Chhabria, J.)

A district court held on motions for summary judgment that a hazardous waste management company should be held liable under CERCLA for PCE contamination, but that material issues of disputed fact preclude a finding that an employee should be liable as an "operator." The testimony of the company's ex...