» Michael Einhorn

In City of Colton v. American Promotional Events Inc.-West, et al., No. 06-56718 (9th Cir. Aug. 2, 2010), the Ninth Circuit considered the issue of whether a CERCLA plaintiff’s failure to establish liability for its past costs precludes its bid to… Read More

The Aerojet General Corp. Superfund site (“Site”), located in Sacramento County, is 5,900 acres and located roughly ½ mile from the American River. Aerojet acquired the property in 1953 to develop, manufacture, and test liquid and solid propella… Read More

In Dept. of Toxic Substances Control v. Hearthside Residential Corp., No. 09-55389 (9th Cir. July 22, 2010), the Ninth Circuit has clarified the issue of whether “owner and operator” status under CERCLA is defined at the time cleanup costs are in… Read More

A District Court in Washington has held that the Washington State Department of Transportation (“WSDOT”) is liable as an arranger under CERCLA because it designed a drainage system with the purpose to discharge highway runoff to the environment,… Read More

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg has introduced legislation, called the Cleanfields Act of 2010, to provide incentives for the private sector to develop clean energy projects on contaminated sites. In addition, Sen. Lautenberg introduced the Cleanfields I… Read More

On September 2, 2009, the California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Water Quality adopted Order 2009-0009-DWQ, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit For Storm Water Discharges Associated With Cons… Read More

In their Clean-Up Information website, the EPA reported that a wind turbine has recently begun operating at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) on Cape Cod, MA, and will produce 25-30% of the energy used by the remediation treatment. The Air… Read More