Divided 4th Circuit Vacates EPA’s Refusal To Pay Firm For Superfund Site Cleanup

Mealey's (January 8, 2021, 12:23 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A 2-1 Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 7 vacated a ruling dismissing an environmental firm’s challenge to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision refusing its request for $2.7 million for remediation work it performed at a Superfund site, finding that the agency’s denial was based on the firm’s failure to complete an obsolete form that has not been used for more than 25 years....