Mining Industry, Montana Back Arguments About U.S. CERCLA Liability

Mining industry proponents and the state of Montana are bolstering legal arguments by a mining company that the United States should be held strictly liable as an owner under the Superfund law for contamination from mining operations on public lands in New Mexico, saying any other interpretation is contrary to congressional intent. Two industry groups argue in a Jan. 26 amici curiae brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that if a lower court decision...