Beech-Nut Resists Cleanup UAO, Posing Rare Test For EPA Superfund Power

Baby food manufacturer Beech-Nut Nutrition Company is taking the rare step of refusing to comply with a unilateral EPA order to clean up a contaminated property it once owned, prompting a risky legal fight under the Superfund law, though one source says the company's actions suggest an “aggressive posture” that could be emboldened by signs of eased enforcement from the Trump administration. But the case could be a test for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt because backing down from a unilateral...