For further information on the 1999 Spring Meeting, contact the Section office. Also, application of the policy's mathematical formulas may result in eligible settlors paying a smaller share of site response costs than without the policy. That percent can be adjusted up or down based on site-specific factors. In November 1998, the federal district court ruled the MSW policy was not a final agency action and not ripe for review. EPA has begun to apply the policy in site-specific settlements.
Industry challenges to individual settlements applying the policy are likely.
Manufacturers Ass'n v. EPA , No. See also 63 Fed. ELC's reports recaps significant recent judicial and administrative pronouncements in environmental law. All Section members receive The Urban Lawyer four times a year. The Environmental Law Guidebook for Local Governments , to be published by the Section, will be a primer for local government lawyers who may not be environmental law specialists.