Mealey's (September 26, 2018, 1:53 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge in Indiana on Sept. 25 dismissed as untimely a plaintiff company’s claim for contribution under Section 113(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), finding that the cause of action accrued when it entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) in 1998 (Refined Metals Corp. v. NL Industries Inc., No. 17-cv-02565-SEB-TAB, S.D. Ind., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163988)....