Bestfoods v. Aerojet-General Corp.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This consolidated action involves a series of claims brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (1988). The parties are litigating who must pay past and future costs incurred in the environmental cleanup of the soil, surface water and groundwater surrounding a dormant chemical manufacturing plant located near Muskegon, Michigan, that has become one of the nation’s most severely contaminated areas. The case has a lengthy and…