MATTER OF CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 94 CA 1693.

672 So.2d 179 (1996)

In the Matter of CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. (Formerly American Cyanamid) Secretary's Final Decision on Petition for Exemption from the Land Ban Disposal Regulations Appealed by Tulane Environmental Law Clinic

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daria Burgess Diaz, New Orleans, for Delta Greens, Gulf Coast Tenants Organization, Jefferson Parish Civic League, Louisiana Coalition for Tax Justice, Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Gordon Green, Baton Rouge, for State of Louisiana thru the Department of Environmental Quality.

Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., New Orleans, for CYTEC Industries, Inc.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and GONZALES and FITZSIMMONS, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

CYTEC Industries, Inc. (CYTEC), operates its Fortier Plant integrated chemical manufacturing facility near Westwego, Louisiana. CYTEC disposes of certain hazardous wastes from its manufacturing activities into five deep injection wells located on the plant site.

APPLICABLE LAW AND FACTS

In 1984, the Louisiana Legislature enacted La.R.S. 30:2193, formerly La.R.S. 30.1141.1. The legislature determined that Louisiana is particularly...

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