Legal Opinion
United States v. Iron Mountain Mines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. California
Decided January 20, 1993No. Civ. S-91-768 MLS, S-91-1167 MLSPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MILTON L. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
These consolidated cost recovery actions arise under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. The actions concern Iron Mountain Mine, a parcel of land northwest of Redding, California, that for 100 years was mined for iron, zinc, copper, silver, gold, and pyrite ores. According to plaintiffs, intensive mining has fractured the land, causing severe acid mine drainage (“AMD”) that…
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