Fact Pattern 18-2 Eldercare Hospital Has Acquired Twenty Acres of Land in South

Fact Pattern 18-2
Eldercare Hospital has acquired twenty acres of land in south Dallas, the poor side of the city, to build a facility that will provide care primarily for the elderly residents of that part of the city. The land had been used for various industrial purposes, including an oil transfer station, but had been abandoned for over thirty years. Dallas is a city that is always on the margin of violating the air quality standards that apply to it.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 18-2. If the land is declared to be a Superfund site because of old industrial pollution, the cost of the clean up:

A) may be imposed on taxpayers via the Superfund.
B) may be imposed on Eldercare.
C) may be imposed on users from decades ago if they can be tracked down.
D) all of the other choices may share in the cost.
E) a and b; the users from decades ago have passed the statute of limitations for liability.

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