United States v. Straits Steel & Wire Co.

OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

This is a complex environmental litigation. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) commenced the litigation by instituting a suit under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9607, against defendants Straits Steel & Wire Company and Citation-Walther Corporation (the “principal defendants”) to recover the response costs it incurred in cleaning up the contamination at the Mason County Pere Marquette landfill (the “landfill”), near Ludington, Michigan.

The principal…