Legal Opinion
East Bay Municipal Utility District v. United States Department of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 1, 1998No. 97-5079PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The East Bay Municipal Utility District (the “District”) found itself saddled with the costs of cleaning up hazardous waste from an abandoned mine site, Penn Mine, in Northern California. As owner of part of the site, which it acquired in developing its reservoir system, the District had become responsible for these costs under CERCLA, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. Understandably interested in finding another source of funds to share…
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