Schnapf Judgment - CERCLA Liability Imposed on Developer For Spreading Arsenic-Contaminated Soil
September 8th, 2008 by Andy Knoch
NOTE: Originally posted at the EDR (Environmental Data Resources Inc.) blog by Lawrence Schnapf.
Schnapf Judgment
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CERCLA Liability Imposed on Developer For Spreading Arsenic-Contaminated Soil
6/10/2008 | posted by Lawrence Schnapf
A former property owner who inadvertently spread arsenic-contaminated dirt during grading activities for a residential development nearly thirty years ago could not assert the CERCLA third-party defense and was held liable as a former owner in United States v. Honeywell, 2008 LEXIS 13432 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 22, 2008).
