Mealey's (October 10, 2019, 10:12 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Oct. 2 adopted a magistrate judge’s Sept. 13 recommendation to enter default judgment in favor of Chevron Environmental Management Co. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and order the former owner of a landfill to pay $18.1 million to the plaintiffs for cost recovery and contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (Chevron Environmental Management Co., et al. v. Environmental Protection Corp., No. 19-cv-00807-LJO-JLT, E.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172338)....