UNITED STATES v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 80-489.

642 F.Supp. 1258 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, William C. Ward, Stauffer Chemical Company and ICI Americas Inc., Defendants. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Stauffer Chemical Company and ICI Americas Inc., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. AVON PRODUCTS, INC., NVF Company, the Budd Company, Hercules, Incorporated, Specialty Composites Corporation, Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc., Diamond Shamrock, American Hoechst Corporation, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Motor Wheel Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Chrysler Corporation, Witco Chemical Corporation, Amoco Chemical Corporation, Keysor-Century Corporation, Koppers Company, Inc., Chloramone Corporation, FMC Corporation, Allied Corporation, Westvaco Corporation, Wilmington Chemical Corporation, Gates Engineering, Atlantic Aviation Corporation, Kennecott Corporation, Champlain Cable Corporation, Ametek, Inc., State of Delaware and Harvey & Harvey, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Andrews, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for U.S.; Judith A. Dorsey, U.S. E.P.A., Philadelphia, Pa., William D. Evans, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

B. Wilson Redfearn of Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, Del., for New Castle County; George J. Weiner of Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Sheppard, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

James F. Burnett of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for William C. Ward.

Jeffrey B. Bove of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del., for Stauffer Chemical Co.; Gerald Sobel of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, and Wendy J. Tish of Stauffer Chemical Co., Westport, Conn., of counsel.

Joseph C. Kelly of ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, Del., for ICI Americas Inc.; Denis V. Brenan of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Gerald C. Foulk of Miller & Foulk, Wilmington, Del., for Avon Products, Inc.; J. Brian Molloy of Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

James T. McKinstry of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for NVF Co., General Motors Corp. and Diamond Shamrock.

J.R. Julian, Wilmington, Del., for Budd Co.; Jennifer Berke of Kelly, Harrington, McLaughlin & Foster, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Henry N. Herndon, Jr. of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., for Hercules, Inc.; Edward Wolper of Hercules Inc., Wilmington, Del., of counsel.

James F. Bailey of Elzufon & Bailey, Wilmington, Del., for Specialty Composites Corp.; Joseph G. Manta of Frumkin & Manta, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

James C. Laager of Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Wilmington, Del., for Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc.

C. Scott Reese of Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., for American Hoechst Corp.; Lorelei J. Borland of Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Meyer, Arvidson, Arbrutzer & Liskowski, New York City, of counsel.

Richard Allen Paul of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.

David C. Toomey of Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for Motor Wheel Corp. and Allied Corp.

Kurt J. Doelze of Ferri & Doelze, Wilmington, Del., for Chrysler Corp.; Harry A. Short, Jr., of Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Hirshland, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

John C. Phillips, Jr. of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., for Witco Chemical Corp.; Thomas J. Jackson of Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel.

Howard M. Berg of Howard M. Berg & Associates, Wilmington, Del., for Amoco Corp.; Ronald J. Ganim of Amoco Corp., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

William J. Weir, Jr. of Herlihy & Weir, Wilmington, Del., for Keysor-Century Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr. of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., for Koppers Co., Inc.; Jill M. Blundon of Koppers Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel.

John W. Noble of Parkowski, Noble & Guerke, Dover, Del., for Chloramone Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr. of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., for FMC Corp.; William R. Herman of Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Thomas G. Hughes of O'Donnell & Hughes, Wilmington, Del., for Westvaco Corp.; Brigid E. Kenney of Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., of counsel.

Stephen P. Lamb of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., Wilmington Chemical Corp.; John H. Klock of Crummy, DelDeo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, N.J., of counsel.

James P. Collins of Healy & Collins, Wilmington, Del., for Gates Engineering; Blake A. Biles of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

James T. McKinstry of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for Atlantic Aviation; Franklin S. Eyster, II of Atlantic Aviation Corp., Wilmington, Del., of counsel.

Robert J. Katzenstein of Lassen, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, Del., for Kennecott Corp.; Stephen W. Miller of Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Henry N. Herndon, Jr. of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., for Champlain Cable Corp. and Ametek, Inc.

Robert R. Thompson, Dept. of Justice, Dover, Del., for State of Del.

James M. Geddes of Ashby, McKelvie & Geddes, Wilmington, Del., for Harvey & Harvey.


OPINION

LONGOBARDI, District Judge.

Defendants ICI Americas Inc., New Castle County and Stauffer Chemical Company have filed third-party complaints against various entities, each of which allegedly disposed of hazardous substances at the Tybout's Corner Landfill site during the period of its operation. Docket Item ("D.I.") 474, 492 and 496. The Defendants contend that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA...

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