Ashland, Inc. v. Gar Electroforming

OPINION AND ORDER

MARY M. LISI, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

It has been two decades since the United States first commenced an action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., to recover response costs associated with remediating a ten acre waste disposal site in Smithfield, Rhode Island, commonly known as the “Davis Site.” After several years of litigation to establish liability for the environmental contamination at the Davis Site, the case was resolved, in part by settlement memorialized in consent decrees, and in…