Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice v. U.S. Department of the Navy

A lawsuit filed in the federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging the U.S. Navy and EPA’s actions in connection with the “fundamentally flawed cleanup” of the former Hunts Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site in San Francisco included allegations regarding failures to properly consider climate change. The complaint alleged that the Navy’s most recent Five Year Review used outdated data on sea level rise, Bay level rise, and groundwater rise. The plaintiff alleged that the risk of remedy failure was therefore “significantly higher than the unreasonably low assumptions made by the Navy.” The plaintiff alleged that the U.S. Navy and EPA had failed to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the National Contingency Plan, and the Federal Facilities Agreement for Naval Station Treasure Island – Hunters Point Annex.