The Sixth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in a lawsuit concerning 12 oil refinery sites that operated during World War II. The current owner of the refineries sought contribution from the U.S. government for environmental contamination discovered at the sites, arguing the government's produ...
EPA entered into a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the Marko Engraving & Art Corp. site in Fairview, New Jersey.
EPA updated the list of chemicals subject to toxic chemical release reporting under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act, identifying nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that must be reported.
EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under a proposed prospective purchaser agreement pursuant to CERCLA and RCRA concerning the Buick City site in Flint, Michigan.
United States v. Great Lakes Synergy Corp., No. 3:23-cv-01934 (S.D. Ohio June 6, 2023). A settling CERCLA defendant that released and threatened releases of hazardous substances at Area 7 of the Additional and Uncharacterized Sites Operable Unit of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge NPL Site near Marion, Illinois, must perform removal actions to clean up the area, reimburse future response costs incurred by the United States, and reimburse $830,890 in past response costs incurred by the United States.
United States v. New York, City of, No. 1:23-CV-4129 (E.D.N.Y. June 5, 2023). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $1.6 million for past costs incurred by EPA and fund and perform remedial work, including the removal of soil and sediments exhibiting levels exceeding the remediation goals in the impacted sewers and beneath the roadway and sidewalks, at the Wolff-Alport Chemical Company Superfund site in Ridgewood, New York.