Mealey's (January 28, 2021, 12:55 PM EST) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A counterclaimant’s requests for contribution and declaratory relief under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act in a suit brought by BASF Corp. over the costs of remediating contaminated sediment from the Hudson River were dismissed as superfluous by a federal judge in New York on Jan. 25; he ruled that the defendant company cannot bring the claims because it has not reached a settlement with the government over the cleanup of the contamination and because BASF is not seeking cost recovery under the statute....