Legal Opinion
United States v. Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1989No. Nos. 88-1580 to 88-1583PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
This case arises from efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Iowa to recover over $10 million dollars in response costs incurred in the clean up of a pesticide formulation facility operated by the Aidex Corporation in Mills County, Iowa. Aidex operated the facility from 1974 through 1981, when it was declared bankrupt. Investigations by the EPA in the early 1980s revealed a highly contaminated site. Hazardous substances were found in deteriorating containers, in the surface soil, in fauna sam-pies, and in the shallow zone of the…
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