New York Can Enforce Cleanup Of Contaminated Site, 2nd Circuit Rules

Mealey's (September 11, 2019, 10:55 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The state of New York can require a company to remediate a contaminated site in Buffalo, N.Y., pursuant to a 2002 consent decree, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 10, finding that the state anticipated that the company would clean up contamination that was known to be at the site when the parties entered into the agreement (New York v. PVS Chemicals Inc., No. 18-2537-cv, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 27193)....