The controversy centers on a barge cleaning facility in Jennings, Louisiana, which was operated by an entity called SBA from 1965 to 1993. During that period, barges owned by National Marine – the predecessor of American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL), an Indiana-based barge transportation company – were sent to the site for cleanup. National Marine merged with ACBL in 1998. Following an investigation of the site, EPA reached a settlement in December 2002 with the SBA and a group of former customers of SBA’s barge cleanup operations, including ACBL. Then in 2015, the EPA notified ACBL of its ongoing investigation and identified the company as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA, the federal environmental law that regulates Superfund site cleanups, because barges owned by its predecessor, National Marine, were among those delivered to the site. ACBL reached another settlement with the EPA and other responsible parties in 2016, and the coverage battle began.
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