Government Tells High Court Guam’s CERCLA Suit Over Landfill Cleanup Untimely

Mealey's (March 29, 2021, 12:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court in a response brief filed March 24 that a District of Columbia appeals court panel correctly found that Guam’s 2017 lawsuit seeking contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act for cleanup of the Ordot Landfill Superfund site was untimely because a 2004 consent decree between the territory and the government triggered the statute’s three-year limitations period for filing suit....