District Court Rejects CERCLA Liability For Nine Connecticut UGI Utilities Sites

摘要

UGI Utilities Inc. won a bench trial judgment May 22 in a cost recovery action brought under the su-perfund law for pollution alleged at nine plants in Connecticut that produced manufactured gas for use in fuel and lighting (Yankee Gas Services Co. v. UGI Utilities Inc., D. Conn., No. 3:06-cv-1369, 5/22/09).rnThe U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut held that UGI Utilities was not the operator of the sites, as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and is not liable for the cost of cleaning up tar and oil waste stemming from manufacturing that occurred for almost 60 years, ending in 1941.