CERCLA Cases

In 1980, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA” also known as the “Superfund law”), in response to environmental contamination at sites like Times Beach, MO and Love Canal, NY. The existing laws at the time were proactive, designed to prevent disposal. CERCLA is retroactive, designed to clean up contamination. CERCLA encourages prompt cleanup by providing private parties a right to reimbursement of some or all of their response costs. We have extensive experience representing private parties performing the environmental response work at CERCLA sites, including both National Priorities List (“NPL”) and non-NPL sites across the country.

CERCLA Cases

Our attorneys have worked on cases nationwide, including at the following contaminated sites:

Sunflower Former Army Ammunition Plant

De Soto, KS

This 9,000+ acre site was declared excess by the U.S. Department of Defense and conveyed to a private party for redevelopment in 2005, with ongoing cleanup by the U.S. Army under CERCLA Section 9620. A portion of the site is now the Astra Enterprise Park, where Panasonic Energy North American has built a 300-acre electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant.

68th Street Dump Superfund Alternative Site

Baltimore, MD

Jackson County Landfill

Jackson, OH

Metro Container Superfund Site

Trainer, PA

U.S. Oil Recovery ("USOR") Superfund Site

Pasadena, TX

Babylon Landfill

Babylon, NY

Chemical Recovery Systems ("CRS") Superfund Site

Elyria, OH

Clarkstown Landfill

Central Nyack, NY

Consolidated Iron and Metal Superfund Site

Newburg, NY

Cranston Sanitary Landfill Site

Providence, RI

Lammers Barrel Site

Beavercreek, OH

Lake Calumet Cluster Site

Chicago, IL

LWD, Inc. Incinerator Site

Calvert City, KY

Port Washington Landfill

North Hempstead, NY

Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site

Tewksbury, MA