On August 23 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law A5293, which amends the Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA). The amendments are wide ranging and include exemptions from direct oversight, authorization to use surety bonds as remediation funding sources, and a requirement that the person responsible for conducting the remediation respond to public inquiries regarding the status of a remediation.
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Disposed of in Place: The Sale of Contaminated Buildings Results in CERCLA Arranger Liability
By Matthew D. Orsini on
The United States 8th Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided that a tire company and its affiliate could be held liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act at 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA”) for selling property knowing that the contaminated buildings thereon would be demolished. Dico, Inc. (“Dico”) owned…
Leaking Sewers Cost City 50% of Dry Cleaner Site Cleanup Costs
By John A. McKinney Jr. on
Posted in CERCLA, Contaminants
Are you in a case where an on-site and off-site groundwater plume of dry-cleaning solution (perchloroethylene or PCE) or other hazardous substance is intersected by sewers through which the used and disposed solution flowed? If so, the case of Mission Linen Supply v. City of Visalia (2019 WL 446358) bears your close review.
Based on…