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Discharge of Pollutants Contaminated Properties Environmental Liability

Perkins Coie

Significant Changes to Washington State’s Voluntary Cleanup Program

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The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) recently rolled out significant changes to its Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP). The VCP covers the largest number of cleanup sites in Washington and is a key part of many...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

CERCLA Is Still Constitutional

To paraphrase Shakespeare, United States v. Sterling Centrecorp, Inc., is a great feast of legal argument. The PRP in that case purchased the assets of a mining company whose operations in California had caused releases of...more

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A Company Can Be Held Liable As An Owner Under CERCLA Even Though It Does Not Own The Contaminated Property

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In EPEC Polymers, Inc. v. NL Industries Inc., Civ. Action No. 12-3842 (D.N.J. May 24, 2013), defendant NL Industries Inc. owned property on one side of the Raritan River, where it produced and discharged waste to the river. ...more

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