United States v. Aerosols Danville, Inc., No. 1:22-cv-405 (D.R.I. Nov. 9, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform remedial actions for Operable Unit 2 at the Landfill & Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund site in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, fully reimburse the state of Rhode Island for its future response costs, and reimburse the United States for a portion of its future site-related response costs.
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the U.S. government in a CERCLA liability lawsuit, requiring oil companies to reimburse approximately $50 million of EPA's environmental cleanup costs at a Superfund site in California. The government had sought reimbursement...
EPA Region 8 proposed an amendment to a prospective purchaser agreement originally agreed to in 1994 for the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana, that would provide for the implementation of updated institutional controls and updated operations and maintenance plans.
United States v. Flexsteel Industries, Inc., No. 3:22-cv-00893 (N.D. Ind. Oct. 24, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $9.8 million in connection with the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in Elkhart, Indiana.
A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA, RCRA, and the CWA requires settling defendants to pay the United States for costs incurred responding to environmental contamination at the West Nome Tank Farm site in Nome, Alaska.
United States v. Dover Chemical Corp., No. 5:17-cv-02335 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 3, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must implement projects that will restore and protect 28.5 acres of wetlands in Stark County and protect 195 acres of riparian habitat in Tuscarawas, Jefferson, Columbiana, and/or Belmont counties, pay $880,000 to Ohio to fund projects near the Dover Chemical Corporation Superfund site to protect, restore, or enhance state groundwater resources, and pay for costs incurred by Ohio and the United States to assess injuries to natural resources associated with the site.
United States v. Fort James LLC, No. 1:22-cv-395 (D.N.H. Sept. 30, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform a remedial action at the Chlor-Alkali Facility (Former) Superfund site in Berlin, New Hampshire, reimburse EPA for its future costs and a portion of its past costs at the site, and reimburse the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for its future costs at the site.
United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., No. CV89-039-BU-SEH (D. Mont. Sept. 30, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants that released hazardous substances at the Anaconda Smelter NPL site in Deer Lodge County, Montana, must reimburse the United States for $48,000,000 in past response costs and future oversight costs that have been or will be incurred in responding to contamination at the site, pay the Forest Service $185,752 to reimburse anticipated future costs that will be spent overseeing remedial activities on Forest Service administered lands, and complete all cleanup actions required under the various records of decision, amendments thereto, and other decision documents issued by EPA for the site.
United States v. Union Electric Co. d/b/a Ameren Missouri, No. 22-cv-1038 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 28, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform response actions at the Findett/Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site pursuant to the June 30, 2021, Record of Decision, and pay oversight costs.
United States v. American Iron & Metal Co., No. 22-7800 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 13, 2022). A proposed consent decree requires settling CERCLA defendants to pay $437,255 in reimbursement of the United States’ past response costs regarding the Port Refinery Superfund site in the Village of Rye Brook, New York.