CERCLA powers and duties
CERCLA's New Safe Harbors for Banks, Lenders, and Fiduciaries
Buried deep within the several thousand page Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act signed by President Clinton in the waning days of the 104th Congress are the first significant amendments in a decade to the much-debated Comprehensive...
The EPA Lender Liability Regulations: EPA's Questionable Authority to Promulgate the Regulations as Part of the National Contingency Plan
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund)1 has been construed to impose strict, joint and several, and retroactive liability on owners and operators...
EPA Issues Long-Awaited Lender Liability Rule
On April 29, 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule1 that attempts to define the parameters of the security interest exemption set forth in the Comprehensive Environmental...