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Environmental Violations Contaminated Properties Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

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Environmental Liability in Bankruptcy: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Perspective

In general, environmental law seeks to protect public health and the environment by providing for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response to the release or disposal of hazardous substances. And more...more

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Oil Companies Must Pay Nearly $50M to United States for WWII Environmental Pollution Cleanup

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The US District Court for the Central District of California issued an opinion on December 10 in the decades-long fight between the US Environmental Protection Agency and several oil companies over payment of the United...more

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Property Access/Superfund: U.S. District Court (W.D. Washington) Addresses U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Request to...

A United States District Court (Western District of Washington) addressed the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) request for access to real property in King County, Washington to undertake certain...more

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Potential Expansion of MTCA to More Owners/Operators of Contaminated Properties in Washington

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The Washington State Court of Appeals recently held the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) liable as an operator or owner of a contaminated site under the Model Toxics Control Act, RCW 70.105D (MTCA), in Pope Resources, LP...more

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Environmental Liabilities in Oil & Gas Sales Under Bankruptcy Code Section 363

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Since the beginning of 2015, at least 77 companies in the oil and gas industry have sought bankruptcy relief in the United States. The flow of oil and gas company bankruptcies shows no sign of slowing down and, based on the...more

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