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An RFI? Surely You Can’t Be Serious.
We are serious. And don’t call us Shirley. So EPA sent your company a dreaded Request for Information (“RFI”). What do you do now? If you’ve never been through this process before, you likely have a...
View ArticleThe CERCLA Redevelopment Focus: Will There Be an Impact on Remedy Selection...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded a series of eight Superfund Listening Sessions between May 21 and June 18 to explain a number of initiatives to reform the Superfund...
View ArticleEPA’s Superfund “Emphasis List” : Some New Questions
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly referred to as the Superfund law, directed the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create...
View ArticleSupreme Court Considers Landowner Rights in Superfund Case
Last month, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that addressed cleanup obligations for potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at Superfund sites. In Atlantic Richfield Company v. Christian,...
View ArticleSupreme Court Green Lights State Law Claims for Broader Cleanup at Superfund...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Atlantic Richfield Company v. Christian that private landowners at a Superfund site near Butte, Montana, can pursue state law claims in state court seeking...
View ArticleEPA Declines to Impose CERCLA Financial Assurance Requirements on Three...
On November 24, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Prepublication Notice finalizing its proposed decisions to not impose Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,...
View ArticleSupreme Court grants Certiorari in Guam CERCLA Case
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari in Guam v. United States (No. 20-382), a case involving liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,...
View ArticleWhat could the US EPA’s proposed Superfund listing for PFOA and PFOS mean for...
On 6 September, the US EPA released its proposed rule to add perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) to the list of hazardous substances under the Comprehensive...
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