Relying on Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. §18, the United States District Court, District of Delaware, granted the request of the United States, to enjoin Rockwell Holdco, Inc. (and its wholly owned subsidiary Energy Solutions, Inc.) from acquiring Andrews County Holding, Inc. (and its wholly owned subsidiary Waste Control Specialists, LLC). Section 7 prohibits any merger that would likely and substantially lessen competition in “any line of commerce” in “any section of the country.” 15 U.S.C. §18. The Court found that the merger would substantially lessen competition for higher- and lower-activity low-level radioactive waste disposal. It noted that issuing a “full stop injunction”
The District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, denied a citizens’ request to require the Navy to provide health assessments and medical monitoring to assess the effects of contaminants in the water supply, purportedly caused by the its Willow Grove and Warminster facilities; the Court instead granted the US Navy’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The Naval facilities are currently undergoing CERCLA response actions and have been listed on the National Priorities List by the EPA for over twenty years. In 2014, the Plaintiffs learned of dangerous levels of perfluorochemical compounds (“PFCs”) in their water supply, allegedly due to the facilities’ improper disposal of contami