Legal Opinion
United States v. Apex Oil Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2009No. 08-3433PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Apex Oil Company appeals from the grant of an injunction, at the behest of the Environmental Protection Agency and on the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 6973 (a part of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.), that requires Apex to clean up a contaminated site in Hartford, Illinois. In a 178-page opinion following a 17-day bench trial, the district judge made findings that millions of gallons of oil, composing a “hydrocarbon plume” trapped not far underground, are contaminating groundwater and emitting fumes that rise to the surface and…
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