(October 19, 2015, 11:22 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Oct. 14 ruled that the current owner of an industrial and commercial property’s statute of limitations defense against a counterclaimant’s cost recovery claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act is meritless because the current owner was unable to show that the lawsuit is time-barred under the three-year statute for removal actions or the six-year statute for remedial actions (Northern California River Watch v. Fluor Corp., et al., No. 10-cv-05105, N.D. Calif.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140047)....