Mealey's (June 19, 2020, 1:04 PM EDT) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on June 17 denied motions for reconsideration filed by defendant companies in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) lawsuit, holding that BASF Corp.’s contribution claim under the statute was timely because it was brought within three years of entering into an agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) in 2017 regarding remediation of a portion of a site (BASF Corp. v. Albany Molecular Research, et al., No. 19-cv-0134, N.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105792)....