[CPEO-MEF] LITIGATION: "Obama admin urges dismissal of Camp Lejeune [NC] cases"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Citing Supreme Court win, Obama admin urges dismissal of Camp Lejeune  
cases

by Jeremy P. Jacobs
Environment  & Energy News
June 10, 2014

The Obama administration moved quickly yesterday to dismiss claims  
brought by Marines and their families concerning groundwater  
pollution at a North Carolina base in light of a new Supreme Court  
ruling.

In a 7-2 ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court held that the federal  
Superfund law does not overrule North Carolina's 10-year filing  
deadline from when the alleged offender last acted.

That case, CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, concerned groundwater pollution  
at a former electronics manufacturing facility in Asheville. About  
two dozen nearby landowners were seeking damages and remediation  
after discovering significantly elevated levels of carcinogens in the  
groundwater.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060001032

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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