STATE OF N. Y. v. SOLVENT CHEMICAL CO., INC.

No. 83-CV-1401C.

984 F.Supp. 160 (1997)

The STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. SOLVENT CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., ICC Industries, Inc., Mader Capital Corporation, 3163 Buffalo Avenue Corporation, and Corigan Sanoian, Individually and d/b/a Quad Technologies, Inc., Defendants. SOLVENT CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., ICC Industries, Inc., and Mader Capital Corporation, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, Occidental Chemical Corporation, and The City of Niagara Falls, New York, Frontenac Environmental Services, Inc., Laidlaw Transportation Company, Ltd., Consolidated Rail Corporation, Bema Company, Ltd., Eastman Kodak Company, and General Motors Corporation, And Related Third-Party Action.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

As Amended October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York (Robert E. Hernan, Assistant New York State Attorney General, of Counsel), New York City, for the State of New York.

Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP (Dennis P. Harkawik, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for Solvent Chemical Company.

Irwin F. Roth, New York City, for ICC Industries, Inc.

Gellman, Brydges & Schroff (Richard E. Stanton, of Counsel), Niagara Fails, NY, for the City of Niagara Falls.

Duke, Holzman, Yaeger & Photiadis (Peter G. Ruppar, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for Mader Capital Corporation.

United States Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section (Alan Birnbaum, of Counsel), Washington, DC, Denise E. O'Donnell, Acting United States Attorney (Mary K. Roach, Assistant United States Attorney, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for United States.

Corigan Sanoian, Niagara Falls, NY, Pro Se.

Piper & Marbury (Anthony L. Young, of Counsel), Washington, DC, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon (Martin B. Wasser, of Counsel), New York City, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Morgan G. Graham, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for Occidental Chemical Corporation.

Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Kevin M. Hogan and David P. Flynn, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for AlliedSignal, Inc.

Jack A. Gellman, Niagara Falls, NY, Richard E. Stanton, Buffalo, NY, for City of Niagara Falls.

Bressler, Amery & Ross (Donald J. Cameron, II, of Counsel), Morristown, NJ, for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.

Husch & Eppenberger (Michael H. Wetmore, of Counsel), St. Louis, MO, Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear (Rick W. Kennedy, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for Olin Corporation.

Buchanan Ingersoll (Daniel M. Darragh, of Counsel), Pittsburgh, PA, for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company.

Harris, Beach & Wilcox (Henry W. Killeen, III, of Counsel) Buffalo, NY, for Laidlaw Transportation Co., Ltd.

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Rodney Griffith, Associate General Counsel — Environmental Law), Philadelphia, PA, for Consolidated Rail Corporation.

Raichle, Banning, Weiss & Stephens (R. William Stephens, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for General Motors Corporation.

Beveridge & Diamond (Christopher F. Regan, of Counsel), Washington, DC, for the Dow Chemical Company and PPG Industries, Inc.

Sullivan, Benatovich, Oliverio & Trimboli (B.P. Oliverio, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for Bema Company, Ltd.

Buchanan Ingersoll (John T. Kolaga, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, for Dover Chemical Corporation.

Lippes, Silverstein Mathias & Wexler (Deborah J. Chadsey, of Counsel), Washington, DC, for Colonial Metals.

Rodgers, Menard & Coppola (Patricia S. Stroman, of Counsel), Buffalo, NY, ARCO (Kevin R. McSpadden, of Counsel), Los Angeles, CA, for Atlantic Richfield Company.

Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul (John F. Stoviak, of Counsel), Philadelphia, PA, for Cerro Metals Products Company.


DECISION and ORDER

CURTIN, District Judge.

By motions filed on April 25, 1997, and May 13, 1997, the State of New York (the "State") seeks approval of a total of six consent decrees (Items 570 and 580). The order sought would resolve this CERCLA action against certain defendants and third-party defendants. However, even if the decrees are approved, many claims by defendant Solvent Chemical Company, Inc. ("Solvent...

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