Supreme Court Reverses D.C. Circuit on Superfund Cost Recovery Statute of Limitations
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/05/21
The Supreme Court has reversed a DC Circuit decision which held that the territory of Guam was time-barred from pursuing a cost recovery action under CERCLA against the U.S. Government to pay its fair share for the clean-up of the Ordot dump. Guam and the U.S. signed a Consent Decree under the Clean Water Act in 2004 requiring the territory to remediate the former Navy-owned Ordot dump from leaking into adjacent rivers......
By: Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP