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United States v. Rohm & Haas Co.

The court holds that although a waste generator that disposed of toxic wastes at the Lipari landfill in Mantua Township, New Jersey, is liable under §107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for future response costs the U.S. Environmental Protect...

United States v. Rohm & Haas Co.

The court holds that a company cannot bring counterclaims for contribution under §113(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) or for recoupment against a state agency that intervened in a suit by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reco...

Mead Corp. v. Browner

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not list a site on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) national priorities list (NPL) solely based on its Aggregation Policy. The Aggregation Policy provides for including noncontig...

Washington v. United States

The court holds that the successor to a ship repair company is liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for contamination resulting from its predecessor's activities, and that the United States is not liable as an operator under CERCLA for that ...

Sierra Club v. EPA

The court upholds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) determination that two Utah counties that are attaining the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone, but which EPA has not formally redesignated as attainment areas, are exempt from Clean Air Act (CAA) §§172(c)(9)...

United States v. Louisiana Pac. Corp.

The court refuses to reconsider its denial of a company's motion to dismiss criminal charges alleging that it conspired to violate and violated the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the False Statements Act (FSA) by falsifying resin and continuous opacity monitoring system (COMS) reports. The court first hold...

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides v. Browner

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must release to environmental groups the Chemical Abstract System (CAS) numbers and common names of all but four inert ingredients in six pesticides. The court first rejects the argument of an intervening pesticide trade association...

United States v. Cello-Foil Prods., Inc.

The Sixth Circuit affirms a district court ruling that defendants who left residual amounts of solvents in drums that they returned to the solvent seller must have intended to enter into a disposal arrangement to be liable under §107(a)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, ...

Southwest Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Serv.

The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service did not violate the 1995 Rescissions Act by failing to prepare a combined environmental assessment (EA) and biological evaluation for a proposed timber sale. The court first holds that the biological assessment and evaluation and the categorical exclusion...