United States v. Rohm and Haas Co.

DECISION UNDER FED.R.CIV.P. 52(a)

LUDWIG, District Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action under § 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a), to recover EPA oversight costs incurred in substantial part prior to an administrative consent order entered into under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. 1 Jurisdiction is federal ques tion. 42 U.S.C. § 9613(b); 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331,1345. On August 5, 1991, a bench trial was held in which the sole fact issue concerned whether the settlement embodied in the…