Superfund claims against the federal government over its releases of PFAS must proceed to fulfill the law’s goal of moving quickly to start cleanups of hazardous substances, a coalition of 23 towns and other parties told a federal district court.
The Superfund law is designed to quickly establish responsible parties’ liability for hazardous substances “so that affected parties can undertake the necessary clean-up without delay and in the confidence that they will be reimbursed,” the plaintiffs coalition told the US District Court for the District of South Carolina Thursday. The groups filed a motion asking the court to reject the ...