Guam Tells High Court Non-CERCLA Settlement Should Not Bar Cost Recovery Claim

Mealey's (March 5, 2021, 6:48 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. —The government of Guam told the U.S. Supreme Court in a merits brief filed Feb. 22 that a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that its claim for cost recovery under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act for the cleanup of a landfill used by the U.S. Navy was untimely should be reversed because a 2004 consent decree did not address a finding or the future of the territory’s liability under the statute....