United States of America et al v. CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company et al

  1. June 04, 2021

    ​​​​​​​Contractor In $7B Nuclear Cleanup Settles False Claims Suit

    A U.S. Department of Energy contractor has agreed to pay more than $3 million to resolve allegations that it falsely presented two subcontractors as HUBZone small businesses in billing for a nuclear waste remediation contract worth $7 billion.

  2. October 13, 2020

    Subcontractor Settles Its Part Of $5.7B FCA Suit

    An equipment logistics subcontractor accused of submitting false invoices for cleanup work on a decommissioned nuclear testing site in Washington in violation of the False Claims Act has settled its part in a years-long $5.7 billion suit.

  3. August 25, 2016

    FCA Suit Over $4.5B Cleanup Moves Forward After Escobar

    A Washington federal judge on Thursday lifted a stay in a False Claims Act suit filed by a trucking company that claims a prime contractor breached its $4.5 billion contract with the government for cleanup of a decommissioned nuclear site, letting the case proceed after the parties sought clarity from the U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar decision.

  4. April 27, 2016

    Both Sides Seek To Pause FCA Suit Over $4.5B Cleanup

    A hazardous waste transportation company that claims it was wrongly denied work at a decommissioned nuclear site and the prime contractor tasked with cleaning up the site both asked a Washington federal court Tuesday to put their False Claim Act fight on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on another FCA case.

  5. February 04, 2016

    $4.5B Hanford Cleanup FCA Suit Has Legs, Judge Says

    A Washington federal court ruled Wednesday that a spurned contractor provided enough evidence to continue her False Claims Act suit alleging two people ran fake small businesses to win work on the $4.5 billion cleanup of the federal Hanford nuclear production site.