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U.S. v. JG-24, INC.

No. 04-2577.

478 F.3d 28 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. JG-24, INC.; Jorge Ortiz; Gloria Alvarez, a/k/a Gloria Ortiz; Dura Mas, Inc.; Real Property Located at PR Road # 675, Km. 4.0, Barrio Bajuras Sector Los Chorros, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 16, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie A. Soderlund, for appellant.

Robert H. Oakley, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, with whom Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General, James C. Kilbourne, and Elizabeth Yu, Attorneys, Environment & Natural Resources Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

The owners and operators of two fiberglass manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico appeal from a district court judgment which determined them jointly and severally liable for the costs of a hazardous-substance removal action conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a) (CERCLA), and imposing civil penalties...

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