October 04, 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked a Rhode Island federal court Wednesday to reconsider its order pausing a groundwater cleanup plan at a Superfund site because it found the agency made decisions in developing the plan that violated the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
August 18, 2017
A Rhode Island federal judge Thursday found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made decisions that violated the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act in developing a plan to mitigate health and environmental risks at a Superfund site, saying the remedial action can’t move forward until those decisions are addressed.
March 07, 2017
The federal government urged a Rhode Island federal judge Monday to force Black & Decker Inc. to pay at least $32 million for the cleanup of a Superfund site contaminated with dioxin and other pollutants from facilities that manufactured chemicals and handled hazardous military materials.
October 31, 2012
The New England Container Co. filed a new lawsuit Tuesday in Rhode Island federal court, going after a number of industrial companies for their alleged share of the costs NECC paid to clean up contamination at the Centredale Manor Superfund site.