The EPA and Hopewell Precision, Inc. (“Hopewell”) entered into two consent orders this month, settling the Superfund statute civil lawsuit for $1.2 million. Hopewell is accused of, among other things, dumping hazardous solvent waste on the Hopewell Junction, NY Superfu...
The EPA has proposed a $11.5 million cleanup and monitoring plan for the Byram, NJ Superfund site. The site, which was a privately owned dumping site until the 1970s, has contaminated the groundwater and tainted the private drinking wells of local residents. The EPA in...
The EPA has announced a $72 million remediation plan for part of the Matteo & Sons, Inc. Superfund site in West Deptford, NJ. The 82.5 acre site was a privately owned unregistered landfill, and has caused contamination of lead and other harmful substances into the soil...
D.C. District Court overturns Dakota Access Pipeline analysis
July 18, 2017
The United States District Court, District of Columbia, found that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) violated NEPA by failing to adequately con...