Navy Retreats From Fight With EPA Region X Over Superfund Penalties

After challenging EPA Region X's authority to assess penalties under federal cleanup law for allegedly failing to adequately consider potential cleanup remedies at a Washington Superfund site, the Navy last month backed down, conceding it would pay the assessment and not push the disagreement up to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. The case appears to be a rare test of EPA's authority to assess stipulated penalties for documents that fail to meet requirements in Superfund law, although a spokeswoman for EPA...