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[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA: Court Should Rule on Dana Costs

The Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
September 17, 2007


WASHINGTON - The U.S. government says it will ask a federal district 
court to hear its dispute with Dana Corp. over $300 million in costs for 
the cleanup of six polluted sites.

The government - on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Fish and Wildlife Service - said it will file a motion with the 
bankruptcy court to withdraw the dispute to the district court because 
it "will necessarily entail substantial and material consideration of 
federal environmental laws which regulate organizations or activities 
affecting interstate commerce."

...

Dana has said it wants the government to cover at least part of the cost 
to clean up the South Plainfield site, arguing the Defense Department 
oversaw the factory during World War II, when much of the contamination 
occurred.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5141901.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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