U.S. v. MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORP. OF CALIFORNIA

No. CV 90-3122 AAH (JRx).

827 F.Supp. 1453 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, and State of California, Plaintiffs, v. MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. and Related Claims.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

April 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myles E. Flint, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald F. George, Helen H. Kang, Environment and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, CA, Adam Kushner, Sharon Zamore, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.

John A. Saurenman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, CA, for State of California.

Frank Rothman, Jose R. Allen, Peter Simshauser, Elizabeth P. Cowie, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, San Francisco, CA, for DDT Indus., defendants.

Paul Galvani, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for ICI American Holdings, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co., Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc. Co., and Stauffer Management.

Moses Lasky, Charles B. Cohler, David M. Rosenberg-Wohl, William A. Logan, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, San Francisco, CA, for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

B. Richard Marsh, Wesley G. Beverlin, Knapp, Marsh, Jones & Doran, Los Angeles, CA, Lloyd S. Guerci, Mayer Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for LACSD and South Bay Cities Sanitation District.

Keith W. Pritsker, Deputy City Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for City of Los Angeles.

Rufus C. Young, Jr., S. Paul Bruguera, Stephen R. Onstot, Jeffrey Kightlinger, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Los Angeles, CA, for Cities of Alhambra, Azusa, Bell, Bellflower, City of Commerce, Downey, El Monte, El Segundo, Glendora, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Irwindale, La Canada, Flintridge, Lomita, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Montebello, Paramount, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and Temple City.

Richard G. Montevideo, Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, CA, for City of Baldwin Park, Lawndale, Signal Hill and West Covina.

Cary S. Reisman, Wallin, Kress, Reisman, Price & Dilkes, Santa Monica, CA, for Cities of Bell Gardens Bradbury, Huntington Park, La Verne Maywood, Rosemead, San Gabriel and Santa Fe Springs.

David P. Waife, Mitchell E. Abbott, Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles, CA, for Cities of Artesia, Carson, Compton, Cudahy, La Habra Heights, La Puente Monrovia, Norwalk, Rancho Palo Verdes, Rolling Hills, San Marino, South El Monte, and South Gate.

Roger W. Springer, City Atty., Oliver, Stoever, Barr & Vose, Los Angeles, CA, for City of Covina Hermosa Beach and South Pasadena.

Christine Gosney, City Atty., Lynberg & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for City of Culver City.

Ronald T. Pohl, Asst. City Atty., Torrance, CA, for City of Torrance.

Joseph W. Fletcher, City Atty., Carolyn A. Barnes, Asst. City Atty., Burbank, CA, for City of Burbank.

David J. Prager, Los Angeles, CA, for County of Los Angeles.

Thomas L. Woodruff, Rourke & Woodruff, Orange, CA, for Cities of Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Habra, La Habra Heights, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park, Yorba Linda, County Sanitation Dist. of Orange County, Costa Mesa Sanitation Dist., Garden Grove Sanitary Dist., Midway Sanitary Dist., Irving Ranch Water Dist., Los Alamitos County Water Dist. and Yorba Linda Water Dist.

Mary L. Walker, Stephen L. Marsh, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, San Diego, CA, for Cities of Chino, Montclair and Upland and Liaison Counsel for Ontario, Fontana and Cucamonga County Water Dist.

Karl S. Lytz, Kimberly M. McCormick, Ronald R. Stuff, David Judson Barrett, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, CA, for Montrose Chemical Corp. of California.


ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR ENTRY OF SECOND CONSENT DECREE

HAUK, Senior District Judge.

I. FACTS AND BACKGROUND

In this action, plaintiffs United States of America and the State of California ("Plaintiffs") seek entry of the second consent decree (the "Proposed Decree") resulting from the early settlement process that this Court established at its initial hearing in this matter on March 18, 1991. In early 1992, Plaintiffs...

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