Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter

FEATURE ARTICLE

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EASTERN WATER NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS

News from the West51

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions54

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Federal:

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Regarding the National Park Service’s Regulatory Authority over a Navigable River in Alaska57

Sturgeon v. Masica, 768 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 2014); rev’d sub nom., Sturgeon v. Frost, 136 S.Ct. 27, 192 L. Ed. 997 (2016).

D.C. Circuit Directs EPA to Prepare a Financial Rulemaking Process under CERCLA for Hardrock Mining59

In re Idaho Conservation League, et al., ___F.3d___, Case No. 14-1149 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 29, 2016).

District Court Dismisses CERCLA Claims against the United States Seeking to Recover Costs Paid to Cleanup Uranium Mine61

Atlantic Richfield Co. v. U.S., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 1:15-cv-56 (D. N.M. Mar. 1, 2016).

District Court Finds Defendant Not Liable for CERCLA Cost Recovery or Contribution Claims under a Successor-In-Interest Theory63

Garrett Day LLC v. International Paper Co., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 3:15-cv-36 (S.D. Ohio Feb. 12, 2016).

District Court Dismisses Claims against Companies that Assisted in the Cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill65

In re Deepwater Horizon, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. MDL No. 2179 (E.D. La. Feb. 16, 2016).

District Court Upholds CERCLA’s Jurisdictional Bar in Denying Plaintiff’s Preemptive Lawsuit to Avoid Liability67

Land O’Lakes, Inc. v. U.S., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. CIV-15-683-R (W.D. Ok. Feb. 10, 2016).