Laws & Regulations
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Case Summary: Settlement Agreement in Anadarko Fraud Case Results in Billions for Environmental Cleanups Across the Country
Case summary of the settlement agreement associated with the fraudulent conveyance claims against Kerr-McGee and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation associated with the Tronox bankruptcy
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Enforcement Actions Address Continued Lead-Contaminated Residential Property Cleanup at USS Lead Site in Chicago, Illinois
Summary of the unilateral administrative orders for cleanup work at the USS Lead Superfund site in Illinois
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De Minimis Parties Agree to Reimburse EPA for Groundwater Cleanup Work at Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in California
Summary of an agreement with 143 de minimis parties at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund site in California
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Case Summary: Third Party Settlement at Bunker Hill Site to Secure Wastewater Treatment and Remove a Barrier to New Mining Operations
Case summary of the settlement package regarding cleanup at the Bunker Hill Mine site in Idado
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Case Summary: Settlement Clears Way for Purchase and Cleanup of Mine Tailing Site in Colorado
Case summary addresses settlement to cleanup of mine tailing piles and facilitate the sale of the site in Colorado
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Guidance: National Enforcement Strategy for RCRA Corrective Action
Enforcement strategy for achieving the 2020 Corrective Action goal of 95 percent cleanup of facilities subject to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action requirements.
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Guidance: Orphan Share Compensation Through the Compromise of Future Oversight Costs (Model Language)
Summarizes the findings of efforts to assess potentially responsible party (PRP) compliance with EPA's active orders and settlement agreements for CERCLA studies, response work and cost recovery.
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Guidance: Applicability of Policy Against No Action Assurances to CERCLA
Memorandum affirms the applicability of the Agency’s general policies concerning “no action” assurances to sites subject to CERCLA.
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Guidance: Searching for PRP and Preparing Search Reports
Guidance on conducting complex PRP searches.
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Case Summary: Corrective Action Order to address lead and VOC impacts to soil and groundwater at RCRA facility in Indiana
Case summary regarding RCRA corrective action order to cleanup facility in Indiana
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Case Summary: Removal of contaminated sediments to foster redevelopment of Michigan Lakefront and Marina
Case summary addressing consent decree to cleanup contaminated sediments.
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Case Summary: Removal Settlement Addresses Discharge of High pH Water into the North Fork Holston River in Virginia
Case summary provides overview on removal consent order for time-critical removal at a portion of the Saltville Waste Disposal Ponds Superfund site in Virginia
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Case Summary: BFPP Settlement Addresses Cleanup and Continued Operations at the Jorgensen Forge Property in Washington State
Case summary of the BFPP settlement agreement related to cleanup at the Jorgensen Forge Property located within the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund site.
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Issuance of 2020 Model Access UAO
Memorandum announces the issuance of the revised model access unilateral administrative order
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Case Summary: Sherwin-Williams Agrees to Clean Up Lead and Arsenic Contaminated Soil and Sediment at the Route 561 Dump Site New Jersey
Case summary about the settlement with Sherwin-Williams for cleanup work at the Route 561 Dump in New Jersey
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Case Summary: Settlement Addresses Soil, Sediment and Groundwater Contamination at the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site in Rhode Island
Case summary provides overview of consent decree with nearly 100 settling defendants at the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site in Rhode Island
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Case Summary: EPA Recovers Over $10 million for Cleanup Costs at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site
Case summary for payment of past cleanup costs for Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site in South Dakota
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Case Summary: $1.1 Million Cost Recovery Settlement for Grasse River Superfund Site with Innovative Financial Assurance Requirements
Case summary of the settlement agreement for recovery of EPA's cleanup costs at the Grasse River Superfund Site
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Case Summary: 2010 MLC (GM) Settlement Site Information: EPA Funded Sites and Communities
Overview of the EPA funded sites and communities addressed in the 2010 bankruptcy settlement agreement with Motors Liquidation Company, formerly General Motors
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Case Summary: Prospective Purchaser Agreement with Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC.
Case summary of prospective purchaser agreement for site in Philadelphia, Region 3