Judge Partially Dismisses Groundwater Cost Recovery Claims Due To Consent Decree

Mealey's (December 1, 2020, 1:41 PM EST) -- CENTRAL ISLIP N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on Nov. 24 partially granted and partially denied a motion by certain companies seeking to avoid contributing to cleanup costs associated with remedying groundwater contamination in a plume in Nassau County, N.Y., saying that some of the claims for recovery were barred by a prior consent decree (101 Frost Street Associates LP, et al. v. United States Department of Energy, et al., No. 17-3585, E.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 220691)....