Legal Opinion
Occidental Chemical Corp. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 20, 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
Petitioner, a manufacturer of agricultural and industrial chemicals and plastics, operated for some 20 years, until the mid-1970s, a 15-acre landfill (the Hyde Park site) in the Town of Niagara, Niagara County, as a dump for the chemical waste materials (some of high toxicity) from its production processes. By 1971, the danger of the site as a local health hazard and its potential pollutant effect on the Niagara River was recognized and became a subject of great public concern. The Niagara County Health Department requested that dumping operations cease, and, in…
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- State v. Schenectady Chemicals, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- United States v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.District Court, W.D. New York · 1982
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