Legal Experts Doubt Broad Impacts From Superfund Law Emissions Ruling

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit's landmark ruling that found air emissions are not included in the Superfund law's liability scheme is unlikely to affect EPA's enforcement practices, say legal experts who generally represent industry clients, noting the agency does not have a history of pursuing air deposition cases under the law. That assessment is counter to EPA's position, expressed in amicus briefs in the case, that many polluters would be able to avoid the Superfund...