United States v. Sunoco, Inc.

Opinion

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge. *

I. Introduction

The United States has filed suit against defendants Atlantic Richfield Company et al. (“AR”) and Sunoco et al. under the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, 35 Pa.C.S. § 6021.101, et seq., (“Tank Act”), the Pennsylvania Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 8321-8327 (“UCATA”), and the federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201(a). The United States also makes a claim against Sunoco only under the Clean Streams Act, 35 Pa. Stat. § 691.401 (“CSA”). In this opinion, I address defendants’ separate…