The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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ISBN: 9781337535878
Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 25, Problem 2IS
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Case summary: A company, CC produces dangerous wastes from its operations. A company, DTC transports hazardous wastes to another company E, who has a site for disposing hazardous waste. Later, the company E sells the site of disposal to company F.
To find: The company which is liable to pay the cost of cleaning the site to EPA.
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