(October 9, 2018, 12:26 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Oct. 5 denied the government’s motion to dismiss a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) lawsuit brought by the government of Guam, finding that a 2004 consent decree between the country and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not prevent the country from pursuing a cost recovery claim under the statute (Government of Guam v. United States of America, No. 17-cv-2487, D. D.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172364)....