| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | 9 May 2006 00:51:48 -0000 |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Court decisions and brownfields |
The CERCLA Craziness Continues: What Do the Latest Post-Cooper v. Aviall
Decisions Mean for Brownfields Transactions?Amy L. Edwards Holland & Knight LLP Washington, D.C. The courts continue to meander all over the map as they try to decide whether parties that have conducted voluntary cleanups should have any contribution rights under Section 113 of CERCLA against other responsible parties, or cost recovery rights under CERCLA Section 107. Some of the most recent decisions have demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the CERCLA liability scheme, and the forces that led to the creation of state voluntary cleanup programs (VCPs) and the brownfields movement as an alternative to the federal joint, strict and several liability scheme. ... For the entire article, see http://hklaw.com/Publications/Newsletters.asp?IssueID=669&Article=3496 -- Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/brownfields | |
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