Legal Opinion
El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. United States
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided May 16, 2019No. CV14-8165-PCT-DGCPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
David G. Campbell, Senior United States District Judge
This case concerns environmental liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") for 19 uranium mines located near Cameron, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation Reservation (the "Mine Sites"). Plaintiff El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC, whose predecessors operated the mines in the 1950s and 1960s, brings claims against Defendants United States of America, the Department of the Interior ("DOI"), the Bureau of Indian Affairs ("BIA"), the United States Geological Survey ("USGS"), and the…
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