The dispute facilities on a barge cleansing facility in Jennings, Louisiana, operated by an entity referred to as the SBA from 1965 to 1993. In the meantime, a barge owned by Nationwide Marine, the predecessor of American Industrial Barge Line (ACBL), an Indiana-based barge transportation firm, was despatched to the scene for cleansing. Nationwide Marine merged with ACBL in 1998. After an on-site investigation, EPA entered into an settlement in December 2002 with a bunch of former clients of SBA’s barge cleansing operations, together with SBA and ACBL. And in 2015, the EPA notified ACBL of an ongoing investigation and recognized the corporate as a possible legal responsibility underneath CERCLA, the federal environmental regulation governing the cleanup of Superfund websites, as a result of a barge owned by its predecessor, Nationwide Marine, was among the many vessels delivered to the location. The ACBL entered into additional agreements with the EPA and different accountable events in 2016, and a press battle ensued.
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