Superfund

We represent owners, operators, transporters and generators in litigation, arbitration, mediation, PRP group negotiations and direct agency negotiations regarding federal and state Superfund sites and closed landfills all over the country. We have coordinated remedial investigations, feasibility studies and risk assessments and managed the activities of technical consultants. Unlike most Superfund lawyers, we have tried multiple CERCLA cost recovery claims to judgment, and successfully defended those judgments on appeal.

We demonstrate pragmatism in solving remedy disagreements and direct client remedial dollars to achieve regulatory agency program objectives at the least possible cost. We are particularly sensitive to the interplay among remedial issues, allocation issues, liability insurance coverage issues and toxic tort exposure. When necessary, we have pursued and defended litigation by and against government agencies and pursued and defended numerous contribution and cost recovery cases.

Representative Federal and State Sites

• 29th & Mead CERCLA Site, Wichita, Kansas
• 68th Street CERCLA Site, Baltimore County, Maryland
• Adams County Landfill CERCLA Site, Quincy, Illinois
• Aerojet General Corp. CERCLA Site, Rancho Cordova, California
• Air Capital Plating Site, Wichita, Kansas
• Armour Road Site, North Kansas City, Missouri
• Ascon/NESI Site, Huntington Beach, California
• B & B Salvage Site, Warrensburg, Missouri
• Badgett Road Site, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Barton Solvents KDHE Site, Valley Center, Kansas
• Bayou Sorrel CERCLA Site, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Berlin & Farro CERCLA Site, Swartz Creek, Michigan
• Bill Johns Waste Oil CERCLA Site, Jacksonville, Florida
• Bio-Ecology Systems, Inc. CERCLA Site, Grand Prairie, Texas
• Brockman #1 Landfill, LaSalle County, Illinois
• Brookfield Former Manufactured Gas Plant Site, Brookfield, Missouri
• Buckeye Landfill CERCLA Site, St. Clairsville, Ohio
• Camp Perry Landfill CERCLA Site, Port Clinton, Ohio
• Carlyss LDEQ Site, Carlyss, Louisiana
• Carolawn, Inc. CERCLA Site, Fort Lawn, South Carolina
• Center Hill Landfill CERCLA Site, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Chemical Commodities, Inc. CERCLA Site, Olathe, Kansas
• Cherokee County CERCLA Site, Cherokee County, Kansas
• City Disposal CERCLA Site, Madison, Wisconsin
• Clayton Chemical, Sauget, Illinois
• Cleve Reber CERCLA Site, Sorrento, Louisiana
• Compass Industries CERCLA Site, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Conservation Chemical CERCLA Site, Kansas City, Missouri
• Cooper Drumsite, Los Angeles, California
• County Line Landfill CERCLA Site, Fremont, Ohio
• Dewey Avenue, KDHE Site, Salina, Kansas
• Doepke-Holliday CERCLA Site, Holliday, Kansas
• Double Eagle Refining CERCLA Site, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Dura Avenue Landfill, Toledo, Ohio
• Elgin Salvage CERCLA Site, Elgin, Illinois
• Escambia Wood - Pensacola CERCLA Site, Pensacola, Florida
• Ford Road Landfill, Elyria, Ohio
• Freeway Sanitary Landfill CERCLA Site, Burnsville, Minnesota
• Fulbright & Sac River CERCLA Site, Springfield, Missouri
• Galesburg/Steagall IEPA Site, Galesburg, Illinois
• Gary Development Landfill CERCLA Site, Gary, Indiana
• Hardage/Criner CERCLA Site, Criner, Oklahoma
• Hayford Bridge Road Superfund Site, St. Charles, Missouri
• Hilton Grain Bins KDHE Site, Hilton, Kansas
• Huth Oil CERCLA Site, Cleveland, Ohio
• Ilada Energy CERCLA Site, E. Cape Girardeau, Illinois
• Industrial Excess Landfill CERCLA Site, Uniontown, Ohio
• Islip Municipal Sanitary Landfill CERCLA Site, Islip, New York
• Jayhawk Plant KDHE Site, Galena, Kansas
• Kane & Lombard CERCLA Site, Baltimore, Maryland
• Kansas City Power & Light Co. Site, Hutchinson, Kansas
• King Road Landfill, Toledo, Ohio
• Krejci Dump Site, Summit County, Ohio
• Lake Calumet Cluster CERCLA Site, Chicago, Illinois
• Lincoln Creosote LDEQ Site, Shreveport, Louisiana
• Lowry Landfill CERCLA Site, Arapahoe County, Colorado
• Marco of Iota CERCLA Site, Iota, Louisiana
• McPherson PWS Wells KDHE Site, McPherson, Kansas
• Metamora Landfill CERCLA Site, Metamora, Michigan
• MIG/DeWane Landfill CERCLA Site, Belvidere, Illinois
• Minot Landfill CERCLA Site, Minot, North Dakota
• Model Landfill , Kansas City, Kansas
• Muskego Landfill CERCLA Site, Muskego, Wisconsin
• New York City Landfills NYDEP Sites, New York, New York
• Newton County Mine Tailings CERCLA Site, Newton County, Missouri
• Ninth Avenue Site, Gary, Indiana
• NL Industries/Taracorp CERCLA Site, Granite City, Illinois
• North Industrial Corridor KDHE Site, Wichita, Kansas
• Operating Industries, Inc. CERCLA Site, Monterey Park, California
• Pagel’s Pit CERCLA Site , Rockford, Illinois
• PCB Treatment, Inc. CERCLA Site, Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas
• People’s Natural Gas Site, Dubuque, Iowa
• Peterson/Puritan CERCLA Site, Cumberland, Rhode Island
• Picketville Road Landfill CERCLA Site, Jacksonville, Florida
• Pine Bend/Crosby American MPCA Site, Inver Grove Hts, Minnesota
• Pools Prairie Site, Neosho, Missouri
• Portland Harbor CERCLA Site, Portland, Oregon
• Potter’s Septic Tank Service Pits CERCLA Site, Maco, North Carolina
• Reeves Drum Site, Temperance, Michigan
• R&H Oil Site, San Antonio, Texas
• Sand Park IEPA Site, Loves Park, Illinois
• Sand Springs CERCLA Site, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Sauget Superfund Site, East St. Louis, Illinois
• SCRDI Bluff Road CERCLA Site, Columbia, South Carolina
• SCRDI Dixiana CERCLA Site, Cayce, South Carolina
• Skinner Landfill CERCLA Site, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Solvent Savers CERCLA Site, Licklaen, New York
• Solvents Recovery Service CERCLA Site, Southington, Connecticut
• South 8th St. Landfill CERCLA Site, West Memphis, Arkansas
• South Tacoma Field CERCLA Site, Tacoma, Washington
• South Valley CERCLA Site, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Southeast Rockford CERCLA Site , Rockford, Illinois
• Stevens Landfill MDNR Site, Temperance, Michigan
• Stickney/Tyler Landfills, Toledo, Ohio
• Stringfellow CERCLA Site, Glen Avon Heights, California
• Tar Creek SuperFund Site, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
• Town of East Troy Landfill WDNR Site, East Troy, Wisconsin
• Tremont City Landfill, Clark County, Ohio
• Tri-County/Elgin Landfills CERCLA Site, Elgin, Illinois
• Tucson International Airport Area CERCLA Site, Tucson, Arizona
• Tulalip Landfill, Marysville, Washington
• Wauconda Sand & Gravel CERCLA Site, Wauconda, Illinois
• Wayne Waste Oil Site, Columbia City, Indiana
• West Lake Landfill CERCLA Site, St. Louis, Missouri
• White Farm Dump CERCLA Site, Charles City, Iowa
• Yeoman Creek/Edwards Field CERCLA Site, Waukegan, Illinois