U.S. v. PRINCETON GAMMA-TECH, INC.

No. 93-5252.

31 F.3d 138 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. PRINCETON GAMMA-TECH, INC., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, Jeffrey Sands; 206 Center, Inc.; Hilton Realty Company of Princeton, Inc. (George Sands & Jeffrey Sands t/a Hilton Realty Company of Princeton, Inc.); George Sands; Estelle Sands; Fifth Dimensions, Inc.; J & R Associates, Ltd.; Princeton Chemical Research, Inc.; Cornelius Van Cleef; Frederick Decicco; Joseph A. Baicker; Alden Sayres; ABC Co. (1-100), John Doe (1-100), XYZ Co. (1-100), Jane Doe (1-100), Third-Party Defendants, Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1994.

Sur Petition for Rehearing November 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Patrick Nucciarone (argued), Bruce W. Clark, Robert D. Rhoad, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Princeton, NJ, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Hannoch Weisman, Roseland, NJ, for appellant Princeton Gamma-Tech, Inc.

Evelyn S. Ying (argued), Myles E. Flint, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Anne S. Almy, Daniel W. Dooher, Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC (Dawn Messier, Office of Gen. Counsel, U.S. E.P.A, Washington, DC, Amelia M. Wagner, Asst. Regional Counsel, Region II, U.S. E.P.A., New York City, of counsel), for the U.S.

Henry N. Portner, Portner, Greenberg & Associates, Harleysville, PA, Steven F. Baicker-McKee, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellees.

Before: MANSMANN, NYGAARD, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, limits judicial review of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleanup programs. However, we conclude that when the EPA sues to recover initial expenditures incurred in curing a polluted site, a district court may review a property owner's bona fide allegations that continuance of the project will cause irreparable...

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