Thursday, December 29, 2005
Third Circuit Admits Defeat: US can recover oversight costs
In US v. DuPont, 2005 WL 3489474 (Dec. 22, 2005), the 3rd Circuit joined the rest of the country, holding CERCLA authorizes the United States to recover costs incurred in the course of supervising a hazardous waste cleanup conducted by responsible private parties.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2005/12/third_circuit_a.html