California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Dee M. McLemore Trust

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC

SUBSTANCES CONTROL,

No. C 19-01116 WHA Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER APPROVING DEE M. MCLEMORE TRUST, et al., PROPOSED CONSENT

DECREE

Defendants.

16 INTRODUCTION In this civil action to compensate the California Department of Toxic Substances Control for costs incurred in the cleanup of a polluted plot of land, the Department and the landowner have reached an accord. The proposed consent decree being fair, reasonable, and serving the intent of the statute, the motion for its approval, to the following extent, is GRANTED. STATEMENT A prior order details our facts (Dkt. No. 61). In brief, this action centers around the contamination of real property in Oakland. Between 1972 and 2005, defendant Hard Chrome Engineering, Inc. operated a metal and chromium-plating business on the plot, which involved cleaning baths for machine parts,…