ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20061
No(s). 11-2917 (2d Cir. Mar 18, 2014)

The Second Circuit held that CERCLA does not allow a subcontractor hired to perform cleanup activities on a site the right to recover the value of unpaid work directly from the landowner. The landowner paid a general contractor for costs associated with the cleanup of a contaminated parcel of land. ...