U.S. v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 80-489 LON.

727 F.Supp. 854 (1989)

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, 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.

December 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Andrews, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Ellen C. Teplitzky, U.S. E.P.A., Philadelphia, William A. Hutchins, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff U.S.

B. Wilson Redfearn, of Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: George J. Weiner, Paul M. Honigberg, Patrick O. Cavanaugh, and Donavee A. Berger, of Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Sheppard, Washington, D.C., for defendant/third-party plaintiff New Castle County.

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

Jeffrey B. Bove, of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: John W. Wilmer, Jr., of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Washington, D.C., Wendy J. Tish, of Stauffer Chemical Co., Westport, Conn., for defendant/third-party plaintiff Stauffer Chemical Co.

Joseph C. Kelly, of ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Robert Hayes, Denis V. Brenan, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant/third-party plaintiff ICI Americas Inc.

David R. Hodas, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: J. Brian Molloy, of Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., for third-party defendant Avon Products, Inc.

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

J.R. Julian, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Jennifer Berke, of Kelly, Harrington, McLaughlin & Foster, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant The Budd Co.

Henry N. Herndon, Jr., of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Kevin E. Walsh, of Hercules Inc., Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Hercules, Inc.

James F. Bailey, of Elzufon & Bailey, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Joseph G. Manta, of Frumkin & Manta, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant Specialty Composites Corp.

John C. Laager, of Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc.

C. Scott Reese, of Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Nancy Long, of Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Meyer, Arvidson, Arbrutzer & Liskowski, New York City, for third-party defendant American Hoechst Corp.

Richard Allen Paul, and Pamela Meitner, of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.

David C. Toomey, and Robert F. Stewart, Jr., of Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendants Motor Wheel Corp. and Allied Corp.

Stephen P. Lamb, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., for Wilmington Chemical Corp.

Kurt J. Doelze, of Ferri & Doelze, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Joseph Armao, Harry A. Short, Jr., Kevin J. Connors, of Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Hirschland, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant Chrysler Corp.

Howard M. Berg, of Howard M. Berg & Associates, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Ronald J. Ganim, of Amoco Corp., Chicago, Ill., for third-party defendant Amoco Corp.

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

John C. Phillips, Jr., of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Jill M. Blundon, of Koppers Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., for third-party defendant Koppers Co., Inc.

John W. Noble, of Parkowski, Noble & Guerke, Dover, Del., for third-party defendant Chloramone Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr., of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: William R. Herman, Bradford Whitman, of Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant FMC Corp.

Thomas C. Hughes, of Hughes & Sisk, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Brigid E. Kenney, of Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., for Westvaco Corp.

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

James T. McKinstry, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Franklin S. Eyster, II, of Atlantic Aviation Corp., Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Atlantic Aviation.

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

Henry N. Herndon, Jr., Richard D. Kirk, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendants Champlain Cable Corp. and Ametek, Inc.

Robert R. Thompson, and Kevin P. Maloney, Dept. of Justice, Dover, Del., for third-party defendant State of Del.

James McC. Geddes, of Ashby, McKelvie & Geddes, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Harvey & Harvey.


OPINION

LONGOBARDI, Chief Judge.

The United States of America brought suit against New Castle County ("County"), William C. Ward and Stauffer Chemical Company ("Stauffer") seeking an injunction under section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 6973 (1976) (as amended). The complaint was amended to add a claim under section 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA...

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