ELR Citation: ELR 20976
No(s). s. C89-214M et al (W.D. Wash. Mar 22, 1991)

The court holds that the petroleum exclusion in §101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) does not apply to defendant's tank bottom sludge, which is a contaminated waste product, not a petroleum fraction, under CERCLA. A defendant in this CERCLA ...