ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20049
No(s). 16-CV-2156 (E.D.N.Y. Mar 28, 2017) (Bianco, J.)

A district court held that defendants responsible for dumping hazardous waste in a town park were not liable under CERCLA because they did not know of the hazardous nature of the material dumped. In 2013, a church pastor requested permission to replace and seed the topsoil of one of the park's socce...