Pinole Point Properties, Inc. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

AGUILAR, District Judge.

This is one of the earliest cases in which a federal district court has been called upon to interpret the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA” or “the Act”). On the present motion, the Court must determine the extent, if any, to which CERCLA provides for a private cause of action. More specifically, the Court must determine whether the Act contemplates recovery for private clean-up activities that are undertaken at a hazardous waste disposal site in the absence of any governmental action with…