Mealey's (August 26, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 22 affirmed a ruling finding that a claim for contribution brought under Section 113(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) was untimely, holding that the statute of limitations period began to run in 1998 when the plaintiff company entered into agreements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) (Refined Metals Corp. v. NL Industries Inc., No. 18-3235, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 25155)....