US Fights $69M CERCLA Payment To Shell, ARCO

By Christopher Norton (September 9, 2011, 2:09 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Justice told the Federal Circuit on Friday that agreements from the 1940s did not contractually obligate the U.S. to indemnify Shell Oil Co. and Atlantic Richfield Co. for $68.8 million in cleanup costs at sites contaminated with aviation fuel from World War II....

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