Guam Tells High Court Government ‘Warps’ Text Of CERCLA, 2004 Settlement

Mealey's (April 20, 2021, 2:23 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Guam told the U.S. Supreme Court in a reply brief filed April 16 that the federal government’s arguments supporting the dismissal of the territory’s Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act lawsuit are “bewildering” because the government is “warp[ing] the underlying text” of the statute and a 2004 consent decree that resolved a Clean Water Act (CWA) lawsuit....