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Under California's Polanco Act, owners of a right-of-way to property are not owners or operators for subsurface contamination they did not cause and had no duty to investigate
Posted on 17 Jul 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

California's Polanco Act provides a powerful (some would say one sided) tool for Redevelopment Agencies to force the remediation of a site subject to redevelopment, or to cause PRP's to reimburse such agencies for the remedial cost outlays. [As... Read More

Tags: contaminants , Polanco Act , oil pollution , BNSF , railroads , Redevelopment , CERCLA/Superfund , Oil spills , City of Stockton , Water Code , oil spill , 9th Circuit , contaminant , contamination , CERCLA , french drain

Under California's Polanco Act, owners of a right-of-way to property are not owners or operators for subsurface contamination they did not cause and had no duty to investigate
Posted on 17 Jul 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

California's Polanco Act provides a powerful (some would say one sided) tool for Redevelopment Agencies to force the remediation of a site subject to redevelopment, or to cause PRP's to reimburse such agencies for the remedial cost outlays. [As... Read More

Tags: contaminants , Polanco Act , oil pollution , BNSF , railroads , Redevelopment , CERCLA/Superfund , Oil spills , City of Stockton , Water Code , oil spill , 9th Circuit , contaminant , contamination , CERCLA , french drain