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U.S. v. HOECHST CELANESE CORP.

Civil Action No. 0:92-1879-17.

964 F.Supp. 967 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Rock Hill Division.

May 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Clark, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Columbia, SC, Paul G. Wolfteich, Environmental Enforcement Section, Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, David A. Savage, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff.

L. Gray Geddie, Jr., Nancy Monts, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, & Stewart, Greenville, SC, Douglas W. Davis, Claudia T. Farr, Andrea Bear Field, David F. Geneson, David S. Harlow, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOSEPH F. ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

Introduction

The question presented in this case is whether Hoechst Celanese Corporation's Celriver Plant in Rock Hill, South Carolina, was required to comply with the National Emission Standard for Equipment Leaks (Fugitive Emission Sources) of Benzene (Benzene NESHAP), 40 C.F.R. Part 61, subpart J, during the period 1984 to 1991. The Company implemented the NESHAP in...

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