Legal Opinion
United States v. Vertac Chemical Corp.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided May 21, 1997No. Civil LR-C-80-109, LR-C-80-110PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.
This case involves a 93-acre tract of land in Jacksonville, Arkansas known as the Ver- tac Site (“Vertac Site” or “Site”). 1 As a result of the herbicide production at the Site, the land, buildings, equipment, groundwater, sewer lines, two sewage treatment plants, and floodplains and adjacent creeks became contaminated with 2,3,7,8-TCDD (“dioxin”) and other chlorinated carbon compounds. The Vertac Site and Off-Site Areas 2 are on the National Priority List of Superfund cleanup sites established pursuant to Section 105 of the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- United States v. Alcan Aluminum Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- H. Anita Lincoln, Cross-Appellant v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, and Clyde W. Hall and Evanel R. Terrell, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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