Judge: EPA’s Remediation Plan For Property Is Not Arbitrary, Capricious

Mealey's (November 2, 2015, 10:54 AM EST) -- PEORIA, Ill. — A federal judge in Illinois on Oct. 30 sustained the federal government’s objections to a magistrate judge’s recommendation denying its motion for immediate access to property housing asbestos containing material (ACM), finding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency submitted sufficient evidence concerning the amount of contamination on the property as well as an adequate remedial plan (United States of America v. Donna Gearing, et al., No. 15CV01333, C.D. Ill.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS)....