U.S. v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORP.

Nos. LR-C-80-109, LR-C-80-110.

671 F.Supp. 595 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION and Hercules Incorporated, Defendants. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY, Plaintiff, v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION and Hercules Incorporated, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, W.D.

September 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hird, Hazardous Waste Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Asst. U.S. Atty. Douglas Chavis, Little Rock, Ark., for U.S.

Phil Deisch (resigned) and Bruce Jones, Ark. Dept. of Pollution Control & Ecology, Little Rock, Ark., for Arkansas Dept. of Pollution Control and Ecology.

Allen Malone, Apperson, Crump, Duzane & Maxwell, Memphis, Tenn., Allan Gates, Mitchell, Williams, Selig Jackson & Tucker, Little Rock, Ark., for Vertac Chemical Corp.

Roxanne Jayne, Law Dept., Hercules, Inc., Wilmington, Del., Charles Schlumberger, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for Hercules, Inc.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

I. The Corporate Structure of Vertac

1. Vertac ceased all of its manufacturing operations at its Jacksonville site in May 1986. From June 30, 1986, Vertac's business consisted of marketing agricultural chemical products. Vertac would purchase raw chemicals, formulate them into product and sell the product. Vertac would also buy formulated product and...

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