Topic
Superfund
122 published works
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
EPA Eases Path to Superfund Listing: Vapor Intrusion Component Added to the Hazardous Ranking System
By Andrew H. Perellis, Kay R. Bonza, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: With the EPA adding the consideration of vapor intrusion in its Superfund site investigations, hundreds of sites…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
EPA Declares Hoosick Falls a Federal Superfund site
As was reported by Politco reporter Scott Waldman earlier this month, the EPA’s determination could cost the polluters millions of dollars in cleanup costs and set a national standard in…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Duty to Defend Continues After Response to 104 (e) Letter Submitted
The Ninth Circuit held that the insurers' duty to defend did not cease after the insured submitted its response to the EPA in a section 104 (e) letter. Ash Grove…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Circuit Court Says Superfund Request for Information Triggers Insurer’s Defense Obligation
By Andrew H. Perellis, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The 9th Circuit confirmed that an EPAs request for information letter investigating a Superfund cleanup site is…
The Northwest Policyholder
From the UP Blog: Portland Harbor Superfund Litigation Has “Super” Implications For Policyholders
By Seth Row
I was privileged enough to be invited to write the following guest blog post on May 2, 2016 for the blog of United Policyholders, an advocacy organization for commercial and…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
EPA Plans to Ease Path to Superfund Listing: Vapor Intrusion Component to be Added to the Hazardous Ranking System
By Andrew H. Perellis and Craig B. Simonsen The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just announced a proposed rule to add a subsurface intrusion (SsI) component to the Superfund…
Environmental Law
JOIN THE CLUB: EPA Sizing Up Hackensack River for Superfund Listing
By Emily Lamond
The Hackensack River may be joining the likes of the Passaic River, the Hudson River, Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, Fox River, the Eighteen Mile Creek, and other waterways that have…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
Judge Rejects NCR Fox River Divisibility Defense in Reconsideration
Yesterday, a judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin reversed his own ruling and held that NCR Corporation’s liability for the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at the Fox River…
E2 Law Blog
A Different Level of Deference Given to States in CERCLA Consent Decrees
By Caleb Holmes
In a recent decision, Arizona v. City of Tucson, 761 F.3d 1005 (9th Cir. 2014), the Ninth Circuit found that state government agencies should not be afforded the same deference as…
Manufacturing Law Blog
Superfund Divisibility Defense Gets New Life
By Megan Baroni
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, is a federal law under which contaminated sites are identified and evaluated by the Environmental Protection Agency…