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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Bell rules in favor of a glue manufacturer that sued a group of companies responsible for transporting and treating its wastewater, the disposal of which cost more than $7 million because the sued companies failed to properly deal with it. The manufacturer contracted with companies to treat and dispose of several thousand 275-gallon totes of the wastewater, but one of the companies did not do so and stored the totes on another’s property. The problem was left to fester until state and federal environmental authorities intervened and tested the water, which was found to contain toxic chemicals. The manufacturer had led all parties to believe the water was non-toxic, and thus, bears the burden of paying most of the $7 million needed by the EPA to dispose of the water properly. The companies in question and associated individuals have also expressed their inability to pay large costs and will be responsible to pay a total of over $576,000 toward the EPA’s balance.