U.S. v. PESSES

No. Civ.A. 90-654.

120 F.Supp.2d 503 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Marvin PESSES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

March 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Eberhardt, United States Attorney's Office, Pittsburgh, PA, Robert C. Goodman, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Carl Strass, United States Department of Justice, Patricia Ross McCubbin, United States Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Anthony P. Picadio, Picadio, McCall, Kane & Norton, Pittsburgh, PA, for Marvin Pesses.

Joseph V. Bullano, New Castle, PA, for Lawrence County Industrial Development Authority.

Andrew M. Stone, Stone & Stone, Pittsburgh, PA, Laura B. Ahearn, James R. Wrathall, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for AVCO Corp., Sherritt Gordon Mines, Ltd.

Thomas C. Reed, Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburgh, PA, for CKE, Inc.

William M. Dallas, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, Antoinette R. Stone, Raymond McGarry, Richard W. Hayden, Buchanan Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Climax Performance Materials, Inc.

Joseph A. Tate, Alison M. Benders, Stephen A. Brown, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, David A Sudbury, James L. Aubuchon, Dallas, TX, for Commercial Metals Co.

Ronald L. Hicks, P. Christian Hague, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, Pittsburgh, PA, Martha Koster, Lee Glickenhaus, Jeffrey R. Porter, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston, MA, for Dana Corp.

Michael R. Turoff, Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, IL, for Dreyfuss Metal Co.

Joseph R. Brendel, David G. Ries, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, for Flowline Corp.

Robert A. Emmett, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Washington, DC, for G. O. Carlson, Inc., Intra-American Metals, Inc., J. M. Cousins, Co., Thalheimer Bros., Inc.

Michael A. Centanni, Gould Inc., Eastlake, OH, for Gould, Inc.

Joseph S.D. Christof, II, Peter T. Stinson, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, PA, for Luntz Corp.

William M. Wycoff, Randolph T. Struk, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, Lois Ellen Gold, UNOCAL, Los Angeles, CA, for Molycorp, Inc.

Curtis A. Westfall, Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Los Angeles, CA, for Monico Alloys, Inc.

Jeffrey J. Harmon, Cors & Bassett, Cincinnati, OH, for Moskowitz Brothers, Inc.

Richard Henderson, Motorola Law Dept., Washington, DC, Christopher P. Davis, Goodwin, Prother & Hoar, Boston, MA, for Motorola, Inc.

Patrick M. Raher, David F. Grady, Stephen G. Vaskov, Washington, DC, for Frank H. Nott, Inc.

Daniel I. Sheridan, Shanley & Fisher, Morristown, NJ, Schaff, Motiuk, Cladstone & Reed, Flemington, NJ, Craig S. Provorny, Herold & Haines, Warren, NJ, for Omnitek, Inc.

Philip G. Spellane, Harris, Beach & Wilcox, Rochester, NY, for Rochester Smelting and Refining Co., Inc.

Howard J. Wein, Michael J. Manzo, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA, for Segel & Son, Inc.

Richard T. Buchanan, Patrick T. Ryan, Gary D. Ammon, Bonnie Allyn Barnett, Adam M. Kushner, Michael K. Sullivan, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for Union Carbide Corporation.

Brenda J. Joyce, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, Buffalo, NY, Paul Falick, ICC Industries, Inc., New York, NY, for ICC Industries, Inc.

Charles C. Casalnova, John R. O'Keefe, Jr., Kincaid, McGrath & O'Keefe, Pittsburgh, PA, R. Bradford Fawley, Alfred E. Smith, Jr., Michael Petropoulos, Michael J. Donnelly, Murtha, Cullina, Richter & Pinney, Hartford, CT, for Suisman and Blumenthal.

John A. Scaldara, Wright, Constable & Skeen, Baltimore, MD, John A. Scaldara, Donald J. Walsh, Scaldara & Potler, Baltimore, MD, for Locust Industries Ltd.

John Michael Slogar, Gillis & Slogar, Houston, TX, for Minor Metals, Inc.

John Stanley Hoffman, David B. Wrinkle, Sheffer Hoffman, Henderson, KY, for Tungco Co.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ZIEGLER, Chief Judge.

(1) This is a civil action for money damages and equitable relief filed by the United States against 28 defendants for the recovery of costs and expenses related to the treatment, removal and disposal of hazardous substances at the Metcoa Radiation Site located at Pulaski, Pennsylvania.

(2) Jurisdiction is based on 42 U.S.C. §...

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