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<br /> 1991 U-S. App., LEXIS 30233. *26
<br /> : were ordered 1*271 not
<br /> t� interfere in any manner with the EPA/state
<br /> activities under pain of significant civil penalties,, including punitive'
<br /> damages. Hendler,' I at 913.
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<br /> nlG The order required,, inter alia': that EPA officlAU And other authariized
<br /> onftel.,: Includinq state a A cl als:, be given
<br /> cctts to [plaintiffs' p
<br /> 'I.A", A rope rty 3 for the following purposes: (1)
<br /> loda.ti. .nq.t, 3 constructinq, operating, maintaininq, and repairinq,
<br /> mohitor/extractfbn wells; (2) taKinq measurements and samples from those We115;
<br /> (3): performinq groundwater :extraction :operations, if necessary, including
<br /> off-sitg :disposal :of such extracted _groundwater.
<br /> B.. ACteSS to Eplaintifft'! prbpertyl to accomplish all the activities
<br /> des&ibed in paragraph A. of. this Order, and any necessary activities intident
<br /> thereto, which shall include but shall not be limited to storing and:
<br /> transporting grdundwater, and constructing facilities for such purposes, And: the
<br /> installation, operation Maintenance and repair of
<br /> Main n electriclin pipes and
<br /> storage. tanks,
<br /> C I'D Access to- [plal n t i f f s: p rope.r tyjto conduct: any And all Dthg:t activities.
<br /> necessary to invgAt.10atel, mon i t d r:,, survey, 011. information:
<br /> test and perform
<br /> r to. idifit i the. ex f the releaslZ of haZardous"�
<br /> ga ; e :in existence And extent a
<br /> substances or :he reatthere()f y the source and nature of the h8hazardousn� t... :
<br /> Subs:
<br /> Substances,.1;aWc pail4tants .0.-r contaminants involved, and the 9:Xtg#t of the d.ang.er to i.
<br /> J. Fie th o.p: w
<br /> the c:u 1 01fare ori to the environment:.,
<br /> HeAder 1 at: :93.
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<br /> The trial judge :construed this. Order as flnot purport..:.(tnaql to dispossess:,
<br /> plai.ratiffs or .:limit their use :of the property. . 'While :Cthg O.Ntr .5.3 terms
<br /> J. .. the. were not n cessartly inimical to simultaneous :use ..of the
<br /> were ,.expa. ns. vel y. .4
<br /> with aefthdant .s.-w
<br /> P ropert.y. by plaintiffs, as longif as they did not interfit.re
<br /> IIJ 1d1m A :y actiyitf Hendler I at 95.
<br /> -tttdi beneficent Ot
<br /> T-0isaj$�ponce�yesthemeaning.. .........d purpose of the const
<br /> ftut.j.on�jl. protections. . : . ant,
<br /> andeelying the. Ft:ftft A nd* tat:11The Government does not have the right to
<br /> detlgre itself a. co0WN1:Wan.t-:in-p'dssess.ion with a property. owner. Among a..
<br /> including a property d w ne rs -- most cherished rights is the.. right
<br /> J
<br /> to' be let alone... Olmstead v.: United States, 277 U.S. 438,,, 47.8. 112 (B rande it
<br /> J d i 5 s e nt ing.) iV" see e genera lly Warren Brandeis, The Rijilt. to Pr:i:Yaq 4. Narv.ii
<br /> L. Rev. 193 (1490.
<br /> In the bundle of fightS. We cell: property, one of the most valued Is the: right.
<br /> W s61e. acid exclusive possessibn. the right to exclude strangers, or: f.ar.' t1h
<br /> :.at
<br /> tatter :f.riends.,.. but: cially the Government. See, e.g. , Nollan Y. Califoril a
<br /> Coastal toma.l.n.* 1 4..8 3 �r at 831% Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattaft CATV Corp. ,
<br /> 458 US 419 426419821:4 [*291 In re Etter, 756 F .2d 85Z, 1159:t: .225. USPO 11 6
<br /> (Fed. Cir.4.7 :cert. denied 474 U.5. 828 (1985) ("The essence of all property is:
<br /> the right to.. exclude' .11) ;'IConnell v. Sears, Roebuck B Co.:,. 722 17_2d;
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