Judge Orders Development Company To Pay $5.3M For Groundwater Contamination

Mealey's (June 3, 2019, 12:12 PM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal judge in Puerto Rico on May 31 ordered an industrial development company to pay $5.3 million to the government for costs incurred pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for remediation of groundwater contamination at the Maunabo Area Groundwater Contamination Superfund site, finding that the company was unable to show that actions taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not comply with the National Contingency Plan (NCP) United States v. Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co., No. 15-2328, D. P.R., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91861)....