That would fly in the face of a couple hundred years of law. That aside - in most cases no laws that existed at the time were violated, so its not as if he kno

That would fly in the face of a couple hundred years of law. That aside - in most cases no laws that existed at the time were violated, so its not as if he knowingly violated the law - TCE for example was not known to be harmful until the mid-70's, was not known to be environmentally persistent until even later, and was not declared a carcinogen until 2005. Imagine that you're a cofounder of a company that made billions - but you personally didnt benefit much from it - beyond a paycheck - is it fair for you to be personally responsible for that environmental damage, or should the government go after the company you worked for? Superfund is set up to follow the money, the money that Intel, and the successors of Fairchild has, wildly exceed the money the founders made.