Montrose Chemical Corp. Agrees to $77M in Consent Decrees in 31-Year Lawsuit Over DDT Pollution
Source: https://www.law.com/, October 4, 2021
By: Meghann M. Cuniff
A group of defendants led by Montrose Chemical Corp. will pay at least another $77 million to clean up contamination in Los Angeles from a former Montrose dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, manufacturing plant in what a veteran litigator hailed as a “milestone” in a 31-year legal saga.
Three partial consent decrees that U.S. District Judge David Carter of the Central District of California approved last week resolve some claims the California Attorney General’s Office and U.S. Department of Justice brought in a 1999 amended complaint under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. Read more.