UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
and
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Plaintiff-Intervenor,
v.
SOUTH CAROLINA RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL, INC.; Columbia Organic Chemical Company; Oscar Seidenberg; Harvey Hutchinson; Monsanto Company; Allied Corporation; Aquair Corporation; Eaton Corporation; and EM Industries, Inc., Defendants,
v.
G.D. SEARLE & CO., and Will Ross, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.
United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Order February 23, 1984.
Findings of Facts August 28, 1984.
Order on Motion for Summary Judgment November 22, 1985.
Order of Dismissal December 19, 1985.
Order on Third-Party Claim December 23, 1985.
Final Order August 14, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
F. Henry Habicht, II, Angus Macbeth, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Douglas I. Greenhaus, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mary G. Slocum, Asst. U.S. Atty., Quentin C. Pair, Scott C. Fulton, Attorney, Hazardous Waste Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Craig Campbell, Attorney, Enforcement Div., Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, Ga., Robert Homiak, U.S. Environment Act. Agency, James J. Kohanek, Office of Hazardous Waste Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.
Isadore S. Bernstein, Hammer & Bernstein, Columbia, S.C., for Columbia Organic Chemical Co. and Oscar Seidenberg.
Reece Williams, Columbia, S.C., for S.C. Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., Richard P. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walton J. McLeod, III, General Counsel, Dennis N. Cannon, Jr., Staff Atty., Cola., S.C., for S.C. Dept. of Health and Environment Control.
Edward W. Warren, P.C., L. Mark Wine, David G. Norrell, Frank B. Cross, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for Chemical Manufacturers Assoc. (amicus curiae); David F. Zoll, Richard G. Stoll, Chemical Manufacturers Assoc., Washington, D.C., of counsel.
Claude M. Scarborough, Jr., Cola., S.C., for Monsanto Co. and E.M. Industries.
Hugh B. Campbell, Jr., Charlotte, N.C., for Aquair Corp.
Robert E. Stepp, Cola., S.C., and Robert W. Dibble, Robert T. Bockman, Martin B. Helfant, Morristown, N.J., for Allied Corp.
H. Simmons Tate, Jr. and Tom Gottsha, Cola., S.C., for G.D. Searle & Co. and Will Ross, Inc.
Phocion S. Park, Brent J. Gilhousen, Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Mo., for Monsanto Co.
Thomas J. Stephens, White Plains, N.Y., for E.M. Industries.
United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.
ORDER
SIMONS, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This action was instituted by plaintiff United States pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9607, to recover costs of removing hazardous substances from the surface of the Bluff Road site, a hazardous waste site located near Columbia, South Carolina. Named as defendants in this action are four hazardous...
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