New Jersey Appeals Court Finds Settlement With Environmental Agency Was Not Final

(November 4, 2016, 12:42 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) did not breach the terms of a settlement agreement with Cumberland Farms Inc. when naming the company as a defendant in lawsuits over contamination caused by the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in New York federal court, a New Jersey appeals court panel ruled Nov. 2, after finding that the agreement was not final and enforceable (Cumberland Farms Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, No. A-4355-14T2, N.J. Super., App. Div.; 2016 N.J. Super., LEXIS 139)....

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