United States v. Iron Mountain Mines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

LEVI, District Judge.

This is a cost recovery action brought by the United States and the State of California under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., to recover response costs for cleanup measures taken at the Iron Mountain Mine site, a series of now inactive mines on Iron Mountain located approximately nine miles northwest of Redding, California. Acid mine drainage from the old mine workings flows into the Sacramento river above the Keswick Dam. 1

In these cross motions for summary…