By Patrick D. Joyce, Jeryl L. Olson, and Craig B. Simonsen

iStock_000011623330_MediumSeyfarth Synopsis: In a significant proposal, EPA moves to ban the use of TCE in aerosol degreasing and spot cleaning at dry cleaning facilities, as part of a larger effort to ban TCE in other industrial uses.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to ban
Continue Reading EPA Proposes Ban on Certain Uses of Trichloroethylene (TCE)

By Andrew H. Perellis, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen

The Fifth Circuit recently held that a seller of dry cleaning chemicals did not assume Superfund “arranger” liability by merely selling a useful but hazardous chemical with the intent that it be used by a dry cleaning business that then subsequently discharged the contaminant into ground water.
Continue Reading Court Finds that Sale of Hazardous Chemicals Isn’t Disposal Absent Intent to Dispose