U.S. v. IRON MOUNTAIN MINES, INC.

Nos. CIV-S-91-768 DFL, CIV-S-91-1167 DFL.

881 F.Supp. 1432 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. IRON MOUNTAIN MINES, INC., T.W. Arman, and Rhone Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co., Defendants. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. IRON MOUNTAIN MINES, INC., T.W. Arman, and Rhone Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

March 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Galvani, Jeffrey B. Storer, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, Thomas G. Redmon, Matthew W. Powell, Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, Sacramento, CA, for Rhone Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co.

Michael Brian Hingerty, U.S. E.P.A., David B. Glazer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, San Francisco, CA, Martin F. McDermott, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Yoshinori H.T. Himel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, CA, for U.S.

Mary Elizabeth Hackenbracht, Margarita Padilla, California State Atty. Gen., Oakland, CA, for State of Cal.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

LEVI, District Judge.

This case concerns the allocation of costs for the cleanup of the Iron Mountain Mine ("the mine"). Plaintiffs are the United States and the State of California, who are suing under CERCLA1 to recover response costs for cleanup activities at the mine. Defendants are Iron Mountain Mines, Inc. and T.W. Arman ("IMMI/Arman"), the current owners of the mine, and Rhone Poulenc...

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