Statute Of Limitations Bars Reimbursement To Company Over Environmental Harm

( October 11, 2024, 9:38 AM EDT) -- JOPLIN, Mo. — A federal magistrate judge in Missouri considering allocation of damages after a bench trial ruled that the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act statute of limitations foreclosed a development company’s attempt to recoup costs associated with remediating a former fertilizer plant that generated phosphogypsum and caused pollution and environmental harm....