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Abigail M. Jones, Esq. | February 22, 2012
In State v. Solvent Chemical Co., 10-2026-cv (2nd Cir. Dec. 19, 2011), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that Solvent Chemical Company (“Solvent”) could obtain a declaratory judgment that two adjacent property owners were responsible for future costs incurred by Solvent under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ [...]
Conservation Buffer Sufficient to Defeat Petitioners’ Standing to Challenge Proposed Development Court Allows Town’s Trespass and Strict Liability Claims against Neighboring Company to Go Forward Under CERCLA, Responsible Parties Liable for Future Clean-Up Costs Revised Standards for Phase II Environmental Site Assessments So, You’re Interested in Purchasing a Contaminated Property (or a Parcel Next to a Contaminated Property): An Overview of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments How to Insure You Get the Landowner Liability Protections under Superfund Environmental Groups Denied Intervention in Suit Regarding RCRA Consent Decree James J. Periconi Named 2011 Environmental SuperLawyer DEC Did Not Act Outside of Its Authority in Promulgating Regulations that Required Cleanup of Contaminated Properties to “Pre-Disposal Conditions” under the State Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Act 