DC Circuit Dismisses CERCLA Financial Assurances Challenges

In a significant victory for the mining industry, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently dismissed challenges filed by six environmental groups of EPA’s decision not to require financial assurances for hardrock mining facilities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), according to Mark Ellis, president…

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