Magistrate Judge Orders Former Site Owners To Install Monitoring Wells

Mealey's (October 2, 2015, 10:07 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal magistrate judge in Ohio on Sept. 30 granted in part the state’s request for a preliminary injunction, ruling that three former owners of a property where trichloroethylene (TCE) was used during their manufacturing processes should be required to install groundwater monitoring wells and take quarterly samples in an effort to prevent the spread of contamination to sources of public drinking water (State of Ohio, ex rel. Michael Dewine Ohio Attorney General v. Superior Fibers Inc., et al., No. 14-cv-1483, S.D. Ohio; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132885)....