District Court, S.D. New York July 30, 2014, Master File No. 1:00-1898; MDL No. 1358 (SAS); No. M21-88 (In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

This is a consolidated multi-district litigation (“MDL”) relating to contamination — actual or threatened — of groundwater from various defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”) and/or tertiary butyl aleo-*273hoi, a product formed by the breakdown of MTBE in water.