U.S. v. AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC.

No. 95-71470.

990 F.Supp. 892 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC., The Dow Chemical Company, Gage Products Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

January 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie B. Bellas, Frank Bentkover, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, David G. Hetzel, Ronald W. Zdrojeski, LeBouf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, Paul S. Lewandowski, Butzel Long, Detroit, MI, Thomas M. Woods, Freeman, McKenrie, Mt. Clemens, MI, for Plaintiff.

L. Nicholas Treinen, Lake Orion, MI, for Mantex Corporation.

Fred R. Wagner, Beveridge & Diamond, PC, Washington, DC, for Dow Chemical.

Thomas M. Woods, Freeman McKenzie, Mt. Clemens, MI, Robert Young, King, Young & Billmeyer, Allen Park, MI, Sherwin E. Zamler, Susan Sadler, Dawanda, Mann, Mulcahy & Sadler, PLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Seaman Industries & Cook Paint & Varnish.

Eugene E. Smany, Valerie P. Simmons, John D. Tully, Warmer, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI, Donald E. Conley, McDonnell, Conley & Neveu, Bloomfield Hills, MI, James R. Temple, Farmington Hills, MI, for Kay Screen Printing.

James R. Temple, Farmington Hills, MI, for Three R Indus., Inc.

Hugh Thomas, Francis J. Newton, Jr., Berry, Moorman, King & Hudson, Detroit, MI, for Acme Precision Products.

Scott R. Powell, Jonathan P. Gerisch, Powell & Gerisch, Ann Arbor, MI, Mary S. Rigdon, U.S. Attorney's Office, Detroit, MI, for Red Spot Paint.

Jamie Schiff, Textron, Inc., Providence, RI, for Textron, Inc./Ex-Cell-O.

Devin S. Schindler, Warner, Norcross & Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for Standard Detroit Paint.

Dustin P. Ordway, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Grand Rapids, MI, for Arkwright, Inc.

Bernard P. Paige, Patrick J. Ennis, Colombo & Colombo, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Dow Chemical.

Neil T. Peters, Kohl, Harris & Peters, PC, Metamora, MI, for Metamora Township.

Donald H. Poniatwoski, Nowak, Poniatowski & Morgan, PC, Lapeer, MI, for Lapeer County Press.

Gary R. Letcher, Arthur A. Schulcz, Sr., The Harker Firm, Washington, DC, for Akzo Nobel Coatings.

Jeffrey J. Mayer, Raymond & Prokop, PC, Southfield, MI, for BF Goodrich.

Susan E. Morrison, VanderKloot, Rentrop, Martin, Haynes & Morrison, PC, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Oxford Township.

Michael J. Nolan, Kohl, Harris & Peters, PC, Metamora, MI, for Bradford Tool & Die and Bushman Disposal.

Michael Kay, Dow Chemical Company, Legal Department, Midland, MI, for Dow Chemical.

Daniel P. King, Pedersen, Keenan, King, Wachseberg & Andrzejak, PC, Farmington Hills, MI, for DeSoto, Argo Paint & Chemical, & Argus Paint Co.

John R. LaParl, Jr., Smith, LaParl & Mequio, PC, Portage, MI, for Township of Metamora.

Brian Herschfus, Wood, Kull, Herschfus, Lay & Kull, Farmington Hills, MI, for American Jetway.

Leslie Hulse, General Electric, Corporate Environmental Programs, Albany, NY, for General Electric.

Howard E. Jarvis, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, Knoxville, TN, for Firestone Tire.

Nancy L. Kahn, Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, PC, Farmington Hills, MI, for Frankel Metal.

William D. Gilbride, Jr., Abbott, Nicholson Quilter, Essahki & Youngblood, Detroit, MI, Carol W. Grombala, Kohl Secrest Wardle Lynch Clark & Hampton, Farmington Hills, MI, for Precision Coatings.

Michael J. Hainer, Mark S. Demorest, Hainer & Demorest, Troy, MI, Christopher A. Hajek, Gault Davidson, Flint, MI, for Van Etten Disposal.

Christopher J. Dunsky, HonigmanMiller Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Trayco, Inc., Textron, Inc.

Michael S. Elder, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Albany, NY, Gary S. Eller, Boothman Hebert & Eller, Detroit, MI, Thomas J. Fayfer, Paul F. Bohn, Jeffrey S. Jones, Fausone, Taylor & Bohn LLP, Northville, MI, for Stricker Paint.

Brian D. Devlin, Asst. Attorney General, MI Dept of Attorney General, Environmental Protection Div., Lansing, MI, Frederick J. Dindoffer, Bodman Longley & Dahling, LLP, Detroit, MI, for Metamora Industries, Inc., Abitbi-Price Corp.

Donald R. Dixon, Ferndale, MI, Doug A. Donnell, Mika, Myers, Beckett & Jones, Grand Rapids, MI, for Gage Products.

Charles M. Denton, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for Village of Metamora, Addison Township, Imlay City, Lapeer County Rd Commission, Lapeer Vocational Technical School, Oxford Township, Village of Dryden & Village of Oxford.

David J. Carney, William E. Coughlin, Kevin P. Hallquist, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, for Dunbarton Corp.

David J. Carney, William E. Coughlin, Kevin P. Hallquist, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, for Dunbarton Corp.

Ruben Acosta, David H. Fink, Fink Zausmer, P.C., Farmington Hills, MI, for Waste Management Inc. & Chemical Waste Mgmt.

Phil Adkinson, Adkinson & Need, Bloomfield, MI, for Village of Leonard.

Richard J. Bahls, Bahls & Shamblin, Lapeer, MI, for Village of Metamora.

Leonard K. Berman, Hainer, Demorest & Berman, PC, Troy, MI, for Bridgestone/Firestone.

Karl S. Bourdeau, Robert Brager, Susan H. Ephron, Bevendge & Diamond, Washington, DC, Ulysses S. Boykin, Matthew R. Halpin, Lewis, Clay & Munday, Detroit, MI, for General Electric.

Kathryn A. Buckner, Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess, Deitch & Serlin PC, Southfield, MI, for Metal Cote Chemical, Michlin Chemical, Paint Work, Inc. & Dunlop Collision.

Frances M. Zizila, Gregory L. Sukys, Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.


OPINION and ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Defendants Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. ("Akzo"), Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") and Gage Products Company ("Gage") (collectively referred to as "defendants") have moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 for summary judgment on the issue of remedy selection. Plaintiff United States of America ("plaintiff") has filed a cross motion for summary judgment on the same issue.

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