July 06, 2017
The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told an Oregon federal judge Wednesday that they had reached a deal that would settle litigation over cleanup costs at a Superfund site and set a schedule for the government to pay for future work.
February 04, 2016
An Oregon district judge went against a magistrate judge's recommendation that the U.S. government should not be responsible for future clean-up costs at a Superfund site, saying that a Washington tribe affected by the contamination is entitled to a positive declaration on the government's future liabilities.
January 12, 2016
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a Washington tribe each took issue Monday with a magistrate judge's recommendation that the government compensate the tribe for response costs associated with a Superfund site on the Columbia River but also avoid responsibility for future costs.
December 21, 2015
A federal magistrate judge recommended Friday that the federal government compensate a central Oregon tribe for cleanup costs associated with a Columbia River Superfund site on Bradford Island following 40 years of illegal dumping by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
September 09, 2015
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday told an Oregon federal judge that a central Washington tribe's response to the contamination of traditional fishing sites on the Columbia River isn't reimbursable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
July 27, 2015
A central Washington tribe on Friday pressed an Oregon federal judge to order the government to pay response costs following the contamination of the tribe's traditional fishing sites on the Columbia River, arguing there's no question of the government's liability after four decades of irresponsible dumping.