COM. v. DELTA CHEMICALS, INC.


721 A.2d 411 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Plaintiff, v. DELTA CHEMICALS, INC., George Chada, Hydrocarbon Refining Corp., Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad; Bethlehem Steel; Carborundum Company, Castle Rubber Corporation, Chicago Rivet and Machine Company, Contraves-Goerz, Cooper Industries/McGraw-Edison, FBC Chemical Corporation, Gencorp Incorporated, General Motors Corporation, Globe Data System, Inc. d/b/a Globe Ticket Company, Leybold Vacuum Products, PPG Industries, Quality Chemicals, Inc., Reserve Environmental Service, Inc., Robertshaw Controls, Corporation, Spang and Company, A. Stucki Company, Traco/Three Rivers Aluminum, Union Railroad, Volkswagen of America, Westinghouse Electric and Bakerstown Container Corporation, Defendants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Grabowski, Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.

No appearance entered for defendants.

Before COLINS, President Judge, and DOYLE, J., McGINLEY, J., PELLEGRINI, J., FRIEDMAN, J., FLAHERTY, J., and LEADBETTER, J.


DOYLE, Judge.

Before this Court in our original jurisdiction is a Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory Judgment filed by the Department of Environmental Protection (Department), seeking reimbursement of hazardous waste cleanup costs from the defendants, Delta Chemicals (Delta), Hydrocarbon Refining Corporation (HRC) and the President and owner of both corporations, George Chada (collectively, Defendants). The Department...

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