Local News in Brief : Waste Suit Dismissed
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A Los Angeles judge Tuesday dismissed a legal action against the federal government by the companies held liable for the cleanup of the Stringfellow hazardous waste dump, saying they had to file a claim first with the government.
Retired Superior Court Judge Harry Peetris, sitting as a special master in the federal government’s 1983 lawsuit over the cleanup of the Riverside County dump, said Tuesday that if the firms want to argue that the U.S. government is partially liable, they must first file an administrative claim.
More than a dozen companies were held liable in June, 1987, for the cleanup of the 20-acre site, which has been labeled one of the worst hazardous waste dumps in the country.
A separate trial phase is scheduled to determine the cost of the cleanup--currently estimated to be at least $100 million--and how it should be divided.
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