ELR Citation: ELR 20093
No(s). 07-0703 (E.D. Cal. Mar 12, 2010)

A district court granted dry cleaning machine manufacturers’ motion to dismiss claims against them under CERCLA, RCRA, and state and common law to recover costs to remediate contamination from perchloroethylene (PCE), a volatile organic compound used in dry cleaning. First, the manufacturers c...