U.S. v. HERCULES, INC.

No. 91-1887.

961 F.2d 796 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Arkansas Department of Pollution Control & Ecology, Appellees, v. HERCULES, INC., Appellant, Phoenix Capital Enterprises, Inc., Inter-Capital Industries, Inc., Inter-Ag Corporation, C.P. Bomar, Jr., J. Randal Tomblin, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1992.

As Amended May 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. Robert Denham, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., argued (Charles Schlumberger, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellant.

James A. Rogers, Washington, D.C., argued (James Wrathall, on the brief), for appellees.

Elizabeth Peterson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued (Sam Blesi, Sharon Zamore, and David Shilton, on the brief), for appellee U.S.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Hercules, Inc. appeals from the decision of the district court1 that approved a consent decree involving a hazardous waste site in Jacksonville, Arkansas. The district court decision is reported as United States v. Vertac Chemical Corp., 756 F.Supp. 1215 (E.D.Ark.1991). We affirm.

I. Background

The hazardous waste site in Jacksonville, Arkansas, involved...

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