Town of Richmond v. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG,

for the Court.

This case came before the Supreme Court on October 30, 2007, on separate appeals by the defendant, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and the defendant-intervenor, Charbert, Division of NFA Corporation (Charbert 1 and collectively defendants), from a Superior Court judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, the Town of Richmond (Richmond or the town). For the reasons stated herein, we vacate the judgment of the Superior Court.

Facts and Travel

During the relevant period in this ease, Charbert operated a textile manufacturing and…