ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20122
No(s). 18-1141 (D.C. Cir. Jul 19, 2019)

The D.C. Circuit upheld EPA's decision not to issue financial responsibility requirements for the hard-rock mining industry. Environmental groups argued the decision violated CERCLA by wrongly interpreting the term "risk" in the operative provisions as limited to the risk of taxpayer-funded response...