Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

WASHINGTON

– Asbestos, apartment repairs, fines proposed, 972
– BPA ban in food containers cleared, 100; passed, 212
– Carbon monoxide deaths from improper use of propane heater, manufacturer not liable (9th Cir.), 315
– Hanford nuclear waste site, consent decree approval sought (E.D. Wash.), 1078
– Indemnification, investigative costs constitute “damages” (E.D. Wash.), 835
– Natural resources, Boeing to restore habitat in Seattle waterway (W.D. Wash.), 462; agencies seek comments, 1112
– Oil and gas

– – Home seller with leaking fuel oil lacks state superfund defense (Wash. Ct. App.), 1318
– – Spill, Puget Sound, fine assessed (W.D. Wash.), 264

– Superfund

– – Dredging permit issuance does not render U.S. liable for waterway cleanup (W.D. Wash.), 1313
– – Highway storm water runoff, state liable for cleanup (W.D. Wash.), 675
– – Owner/operator liability does not attach to off-site cleanup (W.D. Wash.), 705; arranger liability attaches before causation, 1247

– TCE, Moses Lake, cleanup settlement reached (E.D. Wash.), 1347

WASTE MANAGEMENT

– Clean Air Act (CAA)

– – Medical waste incinerator standards (D.C. Cir.), 31; EPA to revise sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides standards, 497; industry challenges 2009 rules, 1219
– – Sewage sludge incinerator emissions, White House reviews EPA proposal, 892; proposal issued, 1039; EPA told it lacks emissions data for rule, 1291; EPA seeks more time for rule, 1320

– Indemnification, city sewerage district, coverage requires precise description (7th Cir.), 241

WATER POLLUTION

– CAFOs

– – County regulation, limits (Idaho), 124
– – Waco denied hearing on farm's permit (Tex. Ct. App.), 1010

– CWA

See CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)

– Dairy, state violations settled (Wis. Cir. Ct.), 194
– Dioxins, Mich., Dow Chem. cleanup, 55
– Drinking water

See DRINKING WATER

– Hexavalent chromium in Iraqi water plant

See ARMED SERVICES

– Hydrogen sulfide poisoning, oil recovery firm indicted for worker's death (Ohio Ct. C.P.), 646
– Modernizing of laws needed, officials say at forum, 1111
– Monitoring water quality, Insight, 927
– Oil and gas

– – Amazon waterway, Cal. proper forum to sue Occidental Petroleum (9th Cir.), 1273
– – Refineries

See REFINERIES

– – Spills

See SPILLS

– Pesticides, aquatic, EPA issues draft permit, 570
– Pollution exclusion clause bars coverage for fill material discharge into river (10th Cir.), 1161
– RCRA, EPA proposes excluding wire maker's waste water sludge from list, 294
– Recycling firm indicted for polluting Fox River tributary (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 568
– Superfund

– – Chemtura settles Gowanus Canal cleanup (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 1035
– – Highway storm water runoff, state liable for cleanup (W.D. Wash.), 675
– – Injunction denial bars response claim (Mich. Ct. App.), 1135
– – Owner/operator liability does not attach to off-site cleanup (W.D. Wash.), 705; arranger liability attaches before causation, 1247
– – Poultry waste, Ill. River, tribe's motion to intervene untimely (10th Cir.), 1004
– – Turtle Bayou, Tex., new cleanup allocation ordered (5th Cir.), 595

– Takings claim inapplicable to waterway restrictions at Superfund site (Fed. Cir.), 1259
– TCE, Kan. airport, Raytheon cleanup ordered (10th Cir.), 10

WEST VIRGINIA

– Baycol and heart disease, economic injury class action bar (8th Cir.), 23; (U.S., rev grant), 1028
– Clean Water Act (CWA)

– – Abandoned mine cleanups, permits required (4th Cir.), 1216
– – Bridge Fork Surface Mine, Powellton Coal held liable (S.D.W. Va.), 143; settlement, 976
– – Massey Energy, coal mining, suit to be filed, 30; consent decree does not bar (S.D.W. Va.), 1249
– – Mountaintop mining, EPA authority challenged (S.D.W. Va.), 1080
– – Patriot Coal, letter of credit to fund cleanup (S.D.W. Va.), 919
– – Selenium runoff from mountaintop mine, injunction granted (S.D.W. Va.), 598; defense consolidation request denied, 1080; environmental groups seek to intervene, 1251

– Herbicide, dioxin and furan waste, cancer claims remanded (S.D.W. Va.), 1027
– HRT and cancer link, reliance on allegedly misleading statement inapplicable to drug suits (W. Va.), 1338
– Phosphene gas release killed W.Va. DuPont worker, safety measures probed, 263
– RCRA, evidence of prior conviction excluded from criminal trial (S.D.W. Va.), 349
– Superfund, coal tar distillates, railcar spill, loading and inspection firms not liable (S.D.W. Va.), 165
– Zinc smelting plant, verdict for neighbors conditionally affirmed (W.Va.), 282; settlement (W. Va. Cir. Ct.), 1236

WETLANDS

– Fill material, pre-enforcement review denied (9th Cir.), 975
– La., estuary cleanup, ConocoPhillips settles, 1109
– Navigable waters, clarification bill planned, 383; further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5088
– Rapanos plurality or concurring opinions may establish jurisdiction (D. Del.), 953
– Real estate developer, dredging conviction (U.S., rev den), 29
– 2010 Outlook, 107
– Warrantless search, N.J. fine and restoration order (U.S., rev sought), 1007

WHISTLEBLOWERS

– CAA, scientist's hostile work environment claim denied (11th Cir.), 216

WILLS AND ESTATES

– Silica exposure, wrongful death, executrix standing (Miss.), 183

WISCONSIN

– Air pollution, 3M to cut carbon emissions, 786
– BPA in bottles and sippy cups banned in state, 212
– Dairy, water pollution violations settled (Wis. Cir. Ct.), 194
– Fertilizer plant not shown as cause of groundwater pollution (Wis. Ct. App.), 855
– Gas plant, Ashland, cleanup plan unveiled, 1075
– Indemnification, city sewerage district, coverage requires precise description (7th Cir.), 241
– Lead paint, risk-utility rule violates due process rights (E.D. Wis.), 666; remaining defendants win reprieve, 1210
– PCBs, Fox River, paper firms sued to force cleanup (D. Wis.), 1107; settlement, 1283
– Superfund

– – Excess insurer may have defense duty despite policy's silence (Wis.), 677
– – Third-party property cleanup within site, no coverage owed (Wis. Ct. App.), 1218

– Torts, resistance of state court to adopt restatement, Insight, 812

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

– Ozone laundry system, brain damage, negligence and defect suits not barred (Utah), 520
– Silica, lung disease, causation testimony (Tenn.), 22
– World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers, fund proposed (S.D.N.Y.), 234; proposal rejected, 285; proposal revised, 588; approved, 638; deadline for settlement opt-in extended, 908; additional settlements reached, 1179; settlement to take effect, 1240

WRONGFUL DEATH

– Accutane, depression and suicide, expert, causation (N.J. Super. Ct.), 114
– Asbestos, damages, jury to assess Navy's fault (Cal. Ct. App.), 547
– Digitek, elder care facility properly joined (S.D. Ga.), 970
– Duragesic patch, defect finding upheld (Tex. Ct. App.), 318
– Fentanyl pain patch

– – Doctor would have prescribed patch even with warning (S.D. Ohio), 1340
– – Lethal dose, suit may proceed (E.D. Mo.), 401
– – Utah punitive immunity exception not barred (D. Utah), 969

– Motrin, labeling, preemption, adequacy presumption, fraud (N.D. Tex.), 97
– Paxil, suicide, appeal untimely (10th Cir.), 424; rehearing sought, 486
– Silica exposure, lung cancer, executrix standing (Miss.), 183
– Tobacco industry

– – Mass. family of lifelong smoker awarded damages (Mass. Super. Ct.), 1339
– – Res judicata bars window's suit (Cal.), 484
– – Smokeless tobacco, tongue cancer case settled (Conn. Super. Ct.), 1310

WYOMING

– RCRA, Cheyenne refiner to pay, 599