Court Faults Epa For 25-year Cercla Delay, Orders Financial Assurance List Published

摘要

A federal district court in California ordered the Environmental Protection Agency Feb. 25 to prepare and publish a list of industries that would have to show they could establish financial responsibility for hazardous waste cleanups (Sierra Club v. EPA, N.D. Cal., No. C 08-1409, 2/25/09).rnJudge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California wrote that Section 108(b)(l) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act required EPA to take the action.rnAlthough he did not mandate that EPA promulgate regulations to require facilities generating hazardous substances to remain financially responsible for any needed cleanup, he ordered EPA to take the preliminary step of publishing a list of the kinds of facilities that should be regulated under the statute.