COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION v. TRAINER CUSTOM CHEMICAL LLC et al

  1. September 16, 2016

    Review Pre-Purchase Cleanup Ruling, Pa. DEP Urges 3rd Circ.

    The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection urged a federal judge on Thursday to allow it to ask the Third Circuit to review his ruling that the state regulators couldn't force the owners of a specialty chemical manufacturing company to pay for cleanup costs incurred before they acquired the contaminated site southwest of Philadelphia.

  2. September 01, 2016

    Pa. DEP Can't Force Co. To Pay For Pre-Acquisition Cleanup

    A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday that state environmental regulators could not force the owners of a specialty chemical manufacturing company to pay for cleanup costs incurred before they acquired a contaminated site southwest of Philadelphia, saying any applicable charges would have to be proven at trial.

  3. March 12, 2015

    Pa. DEP Hits Chemical Facility With Pollution Cleanup Suit

    Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday sued the co-owners of a specialty chemical manufacturing facility about 20 miles southwest of Philadelphia, to recover roughly $888,000 in cleanup costs connected to the site.