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US Fights Nu-West Bid For $10M Over Cleanup

Law360, New York (November 04, 2009) -- In a suit brought by Nu-West Industries Inc. over the federal government's alleged “incompetence” in its oversight of the mining company's efforts to clean up four historic phosphate mines in Idaho, the U.S. has denied that it should be required to hand over $10 million in relation to the cleanup.

On Wednesday, attorneys for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice filed answers and counterclaims in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho,...

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