APPEALS COURT SAYS EPA LIKELY HAS POWER TO EXPAND SUPERFUND SITES

A federal appeals court earlier this month suggested that EPA likely has the authority to expand the boundaries of existing Superfund sites without necessarily engaging in a public notice and comment period. However, the June 15 ruling from U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit did not allow EPA to automatically expand the boundaries of the Bunker Hill Superfund site, ruling instead that it did not have jurisdiction to determine whether EPA's efforts to expand the boundaries of the...