The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case titled Rialto v. West Coast Landing, recently discussed in detail and upheld the U.S. EPA's right to issue unilateral cleanup orders under CERCLA. (42 U.S.C. 9606(a).) The case is a good primer of the government's position on unilateral orders.
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