7th Circuit Affirms Ruling For Company In Homeowners’ TCE Contamination Suit

Mealey's (August 18, 2021, 1:17 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 16 affirmed a trial court’s ruling in favor of a company responsible for cleaning up trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of an Indiana city’s groundwater.  The panel concluded that homeowners who sued under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) improperly relied on an unenforceable U.S Environmental Protection Agency memorandum and misinterpreted the statute....