Weekly Cases Update Volume 44, Issue 6

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Volume 44, Issue 11

ELR 2008110-CV–89(W.D.N.Y., )

A district court granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss a corporation's CERCLA suit against an electronics company for costs incurred cleaning up lead contamination at a New York Superfund site.

Keywords:
Contribution, §113(g)(3)
ELR 2008212-5156(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit largely upheld the dismissal of a Native American tribe's RCRA and Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act claims against the United States and various federal agencies in connection with a former uranium mill and two hazardous waste facilities located on Navajo land.

Keywords:
Native American land
ELR 200802:12-3412(S.D.W. Va., )

A district court issued a memorandum opinion and order holding that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may temporarily, but not indefinitely, suspend the requirement that permit holders that do not have selenium limits or monitoring and reporting requirements on their face m

Keywords:
State programs, §402(b)
ELR 2008312-943(W.D. Pa., )

A district court dismissed an environmental groups' citizen suit against a water authority for alleged CWA and state law violations in connection with the discharge of stormwater from a municipal separate storm sewer system to the Allegheny River.

Keywords:
Violations

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