Environmental And Natural Resource Law

On December 04, 2024, the People of the State of California, represented by Attorney General Rob Bonta, Alameda County, filed this environmental lawsuit against Frontier California, Inc. (Defendant) for improper waste disposal at unauthorized locations. The complaint alleged violations of the Health and Safety Code and the Business and Professions Code related to the management of hazardous waste at its facilities throughout California. The case was filed in California Superior Court, Los Angeles County. [Case number: 24STCV31999] Frontier California, Inc., a California corporation, conducts business in the state at various facilities, referred to as Covered Facilities. These facilities manage hazardous waste, including universal waste as defined by California law. California implements strict regulations governing hazardous waste management, outlined in the Hazardous Waste Control Law (HWCL). Thi

On January 21, 2016, Plaintiff City of Seattle filed a PCB contamination lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington(Case number: 2:16cv107). Judge Richard A. Jones presided over this case. In January 2016, the City of Seattle initiated a lawsuit against Monsanto Company, Solutia Inc., and Pharmacia Corporation over the manufacture and widespread contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The City alleged that Monsanto was the exclusive producer of PCBs in the United States from 1935 to 1979 under the "Aroclor" brand. Despite knowing about the toxic properties of PCBs and their environmental hazards, Monsanto continued manufacturing these chemicals until Congress banned them in 1979. PCBs were widely used in industrial and commercial applications, often leaking into the envi

Case Background The Contamination Cleanup lawsuit was filed on February 14, 2019 by Plaintiff Long Beach Unified School District in the California Central District Court, Los Angeles division. (Case number: 2:19-cv-01139) and was presided over by the Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong Long Beach Unified School District filed a lawsuit against Santa Catalina Island Company (SCICo) and the City of Avalon regarding extensive environmental contamination at the Avalon School Campus on Catalina Island. SCICo owned and operated the entire site from the late 1800s to the 1920s, when it began selling parcels. The City purchased land west of the school campus in 1920. A manufactured gas plant (MGP) operated on the site from 1920 to 1931, initially by the City and later