BOROUGH OF SAYREVILLE v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

Civil Action No. 94-5674 (AJL).

923 F.Supp. 671 (1996)

The BOROUGH OF SAYREVILLE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nielsen V. Lewis, Skey, Dumont & Matejek, Princeton, NJ, John A. Avery, Barry & McMoran, Newark, NJ, for Plaintiffs.

Faith S. Hochberg, United States Attorney, Susan C. Cassell, Assistant United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Paul H. Ladehoff, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants United States Department of Defense (United States Army).

Kenneth R. Russell, Lynch, Martin, Philibosian, Chansky, Fitzgerald & Kane, North Brunswick, NJ, for Defendant Middlesex County Utilities Authority.

Dennis M. Toft, Wolff & Samson, P.C., Roseland, NJ, for Defendants GAF Corp. and Chevron Chemical Co.

William L. Handler, George R. and William L. Handler, West Orange, NJ, for Defendant Anselmi & DiCicco, Inc.

Glenn A. Harris, Defense Liaison Counsel, Levin & Hluchan, P.C., Voorhees, NJ, William H. Hyatt, Jr., Pitney Hardin Kipp & Szuch, Morristown, NJ, for Defendants 55 Acre Corp. and Melvin H. Safran.

Steven N. Yermish, Secondary Defense Liaison Counsel, Caplan & Luber, Marlton, NJ, for Defendants Simon Wrecking Co. and Mid-State Trading Co.

Damon R. Sedita, Schwartz, Tobia & Stanziale, Montclair, NJ, for Defendants John C. Polak, Sr. and Theresa C. Polak.

Michael D. Suarez, Joseph M. Suarez, Suarez & Suarez, Jersey City, NJ, for Defendant Kupper Associates.

William J. Hanley, Ronca, McDonald & Hanley, Livingston, NJ, for Defendants Joao Martins, Rogerio Martins and Manuel Martins.

Richard J. Schachter, Schachter, Trombadore, Offen, Stanton & Pavics, Somerville, NJ, for Defendants Union Carbide Corp. and Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co., Inc.

Jonathan M. Heilbrunn, Stacey J. Citron, Heilbrunn, Finkelstein, Heilbrunn, Alfonso, Goldstein & Pape, Old Bridge, NJ, for Defendants Ben Rosenblum and Aron Rosenblum.

Thomas S. Cosma, Vincent E. McGeary, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Roseland, NJ, for Defendant George Harms Construction Co., Inc.

Christopher R. Gibson, Archer & Greiner, Haddonfield, NJ, for Third-Party Defendant Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

Robert E. Plunkett, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Newark, NJ, for Third-Party Defendant Aluminum Company of America, Inc.

David E. Loder, Frank A. Luchak, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Third-Party Defendant Lehigh Structural Steel Co.

Kevin M. McKenna, Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Third-Party Defendant Small Tube Products, Inc.

Michael A. Bogdonoff, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Settled Defendants.


OPINION

LECHNER, District Judge.

This is an action brought by plaintiffs the Borough of Sayreville ("Sayreville"), Mobil Oil Corporation ("Mobil"), Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. ("Rhone-Poulenc") and Ruetgers-Nease Corporation ("Ruetgers-Nease") (collectively the "Plaintiffs") against defendant United States Department of Defense (the "Government") and numerous other defendants (collectively the "Co-Defendants") seeking...

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