Pollution Cleanup

<p>The U.S. government is not responsible for pollution cleanup costs at a former chromite ore processing plant in New Jersey, the Third Circuit <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pollutioncleanup.pdf">ruled</a></strong>, finding its involvement at the plant during World War I and World War II did not make it an “operator” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. </p>

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. government is not responsible for pollution cleanup costs at a former chromite ore processing plant in New Jersey, the Third Circuit ruled , finding its involvement at the plant during World War I and World War II did not make it an “operator” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

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