MATTER OF WITCO CORP. TAFT FACILITY

No. CA 91 2112.

618 So.2d 1112 (1993)

In the Matter of: WITCO CORPORATION TAFT FACILITY, Proceedings Under the Environmental Quality Act La.R.S. 30:2001 et seq.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel O. Buckley, III, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for appellant.

Gordon Green, Office of Legal Affairs & Enforcement, Baton Rouge, for appellee State thru the Department of Environmental Quality.

Before EDWARDS, SHORTESS and WHIPPLE, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

On June 4, 1984, defendant/appellant, Witco Corporation (Witco), was issued an Order by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) which placed it in an assessment mode, requiring it to submit a groundwater assessment plan. The Order was issued following a statistical triggering in contamination indicators for shallow groundwater at the facility, which was reported by Witco to DEQ. Witco responded to the Order on November 6, 1984 by submitting a...

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