Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 6

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Volume 43, Issue 11

ELR 2007811-1662 et al.(4th Cir., )

The Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision allocating response costs to various PRPs in connection with the cleanup of hazardous substances at a former fertilizer manufacturing site in Charleston, South Carolina.

Keywords:
Successor corporations, Joint and several liability, Apportionment
ELR 2007911-16042(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an environmental group's citizen suit against two electric companies alleging that their utility poles discharged wood preservative into the environment in violation of the CWA and RCRA.

Keywords:
Coverage, Held not included, Held not included
ELR 2008011-17715(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of DOI in water districts' lawsuit challenging the agency's management of California's Central Valley Project.

Keywords:
Held unreviewable, Central Valley Project (CVP), Included, Water (generally)