Barclay Hollander Corp. v. Cal. Reg'l Water Quality Control Bd.

*484 Appellant Barclay Hollander Corporation (Barclay) seeks reversal of a judgment of the Los Angeles Superior Court denying its Petition for Writ of Mandate by which it sought to overturn the determination of the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region (Water Board) that Barclay is jointly and severally responsible with real party in interest Shell Oil Company (Shell) for the cleanup and abatement of petroleum hydrocarbon compounds and other contaminants (the petroleum residue or waste) at the former Shell tank farm in Carson, California (the Site).

We affirm the trial court's order and judgment upholding the Water Board's determination.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Barclay is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dole Food Company, Inc. In Dole Food Co., Inc. v. Superior Court (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 894 , 195 Cal.Rptr.3d 461 ( Dole ), we considered and resolved issues related to the good faith *485 settlement of a class action brought by owners of homes constructed on the Site, the same area that is the subject of the Water Board's revised *209 Cleanup and Abatement Order (RCAO) in this case.

In our opinion in Dole , we described that…