3rd Circuit:  Government Not Liable For Chromium Contamination Cleanup Costs

Mealey's (May 5, 2020, 10:38 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 4 affirmed a ruling finding that the federal government is not liable for cleanup costs associated with the remediation of a site that was used to process chromium during World War I and World War II, holding that the government was not an operator of the facility under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (PPG Industries Inc. v. United States, et al., No. 19-1165, 3rd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 14156)....