ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20078
No(s). 7:16-cv-00130 (W.D. Va. Jun 9, 2017) (Dillon, J.)

A district court held that a mining company will not face CERCLA liability as a successor to another company because there was no overlap in ownership. The mining company and a lumber company purchased adjacent lots from an industrial company whose subsidiary operated a zinc and lead mine on what is...