EPA v. General Dynamics, et al.
Case summary
On September 22, 2023, the Department of Justice filed a complaint against General Dynamics Corporation and Dow Chemical Company to recover response costs related to TCE contamination at the Nebraska Ordnance Plant (Former) Superfund Site near Mead, Nebraska. The lawsuit seeks to recover past and future response costs incurred by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responding to the release of TCE resulting from the defendants? operation of missile defense systems at the site in the early 1960s.
Defendants (2)
- Dow Chemical CompanyNamed in complaint
- General Dynamics CorporationNamed in complaint
Facilities (1)
NEBRASKA ORDNANCE PLANT (FORMER)
.5 MI E OF, MEAD, NE, 68041
Registry ID: 110009297849
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2023-09-22Complaint Filed With Court
- 2023-09-22PRN Sent
- 2023-10-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603749711
- Case number
- 07-2023-1005
- DOJ docket
- 8:23-cv-00416
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 07
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 07-2023-1005 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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