Judge Denies Motion To Enforce Judgment Over PCE Contamination

Mealey's (May 15, 2020, 12:34 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on May 12 denied a motion to enforce a judgment that requires a city and a former dry cleaning operator to equally share the future costs of remediating perchloroethylene (PCE) contamination under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, holding that the city should not be ordered to provide a schedule of repairs to its sewer system and pay half of the cost of a pilot study that has yet to be conducted (Mission Linen Supply v. City of Visalia, No. 15-CV-0672 AWI EPG, E.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83630)....