U.S. v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORP.

No. LR-C-80-109.

33 F.Supp.2d 769 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.

October 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Blesi, Department of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, A. Douglas Chavis, III, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, for the United States.

Charles L. Moulton, Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for the State of Arkansas.

V. Robert Denham, Jr., Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA, Charles L. Schlumberger, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, AR, for Hercules, Inc.

Steven W. Quattlebaum, Williams & Anderson, Little Rock, AR, for Uniroyal Chemical.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE HOWARD, JR., District Judge.

After eighteen years of litigation, and the expenditure of over $102,000,000.00 to date, the United States of America is ready to recover its costs associated with the cleanup of the Vertac Site pursuant to Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9607.1 The United States has filed...

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