Legal Opinion
United States v. Ottati & Goss, Inc., United States of America v. Ottati & Goss, Inc., Appeal of State of New Hampshire, Intervenor/plaintiff
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 4, 1990No. 89-1063, 89-1065PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Nearly ten years ago the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) began this lawsuit by asking a court to require several companies to clean up a thirty-four acre hazardous waste site near Kingston, New Hampshire. The suit eventually consisted of two claims that are relevant here, both made under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”). First, EPA said that “actual or threatened release[s]” of “hazardous substance[s]” from the site posed “an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by42 opinions
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