USA, et al v. Iron Mountain Mines, et al

Filing 1323

ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 10/1/10 GRANTING Plaintiff US' MOTION TO AMEND the 7/13/10 order for partial Summary Judgment for US' response costs 1319 . (Mena-Sanchez, L)

USA, et al v. Iron Mountain Mines, et al

Doc. 1323

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 This matter comes before the Court on the United States' Motion to Amend this Court's July 13, 2010 Order (Docket 1318) granting the United States' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment for response costs it incurred in its environmental cleanup of the Iron Mountain Mine IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) IRON MOUNTAIN MINES, INC. and ) T.W. ARMAN, ) ) Defendants. ) ________________________________________ ) STATE OF CALIFORNIA, On behalf of the ) California Department of Toxic Substances ) Control and the California Regional Water ) Quality Control Board for the Central Valley ) Region, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) IRON MOUNTAIN MINES, INC. and ) T.W. ARMAN, ) ) Defendants. ) ) AND RELATED COUNTER- AND ) THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS ) ________________________________________ ) Civil No. S-91-0768 JAM-JFM (Consolidated for all purposes with Civil No. S-91-1167 JAM-JFM)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES' MOTION TO AMEND THE JULY 13, 2010 ORDER FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR UNITED STATES' RESPONSE COSTS

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Superfund Site. Upon consideration of the Motion to Amend, and of the Defendants' response thereto, it is, this 1st day of October, 2010, ORDERED that the United States' Motion to Amend is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court's July 13, 2010 Order is amended as follows. 1. The three sentences at page 2, line 15 through page 3, line 1 ("Costs incurred after this date to the present . . . under CERCLA (Doc. #1241).") are replaced by the following: "Some later response costs, incurred after December 8, 2000, were a part of a settlement ("the settlement" or "consent decree") on that date with former defendant Rhône-Poulenc and other settling parties, but most response costs were not. Most of the response costs which were part of the settlement (and incurred after December 8, 2000) were not paid to the Plaintiffs but, instead, were paid by Rhône-Poulenc to third parties to maintain and operate a water treatment plant on the Site. Plaintiff does not presently seek recovery from Defendants for those post-February 29, 1996 costs." "In 2002, this Court found Defendants to each be a "potentially responsible party" for the site contamination, and found them jointly and severally liable for response costs under CERCLA (Doc. #1241)." 2. At page 16, line 8, the following provision is added to the order: "It is further ordered that the Defendants, T.W. Arman and Iron Mountain Mines, Inc., are jointly and severally liable to the Plaintiffs for additional response costs incurred at the Iron Mountain Superfund Site, and for prejudgment interest on those costs as provided by law, to the extent that those costs have not been, and are not being -2-

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paid pursuant to the December 8, 2000 Consent Decree settlement."

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: October 1, 2010 /s/ John A. Mendez JOHN A. MENDEZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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