Magistrate Judge Denies Residents’ Motion To Intervene In Superfund Cleanup Suit

(May 11, 2017, 9:42 AM EDT) -- HAMMOND, Ind. — A motion to intervene filed by residents living near a Superfund site in East Chicago, Ind., that is currently being remediated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was denied May 2 by a federal magistrate judge, after he found that the request was untimely (United States of America, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., No. 14-CV-312-PPS-PRC, N.D. Ind., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67090)....