Ninth Circuit holds that applying CERCLA to Canadian company where slag dumped in Canada became deposited along banks of Columbia River within U.S. and was releasing toxic metals into its waters did not involve extraterritoriality.

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Joseph A. Pakootas and Donald R. Michel as individuals and as enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state (Plaintiffs) sued to enforce a Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., a Canadian corporation (Defendant). The Order would require Defendant to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) along a segment of the Columbia River l...

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