WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The United States is suing Delaware under the federal Superfund law over hazardous substances at a landfill.
The lawsuit, filed Dec. 16 in Delaware federal court, seeks compensation for the response costs paid by the U.S. to address the release or threatened release of toxic substances at the Governor Bacon Health Center/Fort DuPont State Park in New Castle County.
The property at issue is a dump area for Fort DuPont owned by Delaware since 1947. Beginning in 1985, after a fire, a series of investigations found lead contamination, the suit says.
The feds say they have paid almost $4 million to remediate the property.