Consent decrees lodged against PPG
Industries and Morgan Adhesives
On May 26, 2006 two proposed Consent Decrees in
United States v. Industrial Excess Landfill, Inc., Civil Action
Number 5:89-CV-1988 were lodged with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
The first Consent Decree resolves claims against
PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG), brought by the United States on behalf
of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under section 107 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA), for response costs incurred and to be incurred by
the United States in responding to the release and threatened release
of hazardous substances at the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund
Site (site) in Uniontown, Ohio. Under its Consent Decree, PPG will
pay $752,500 in reimbursement of response costs.
The second Consent Decree resolves claims against
Morgan Adhesives Co. (Morgan), brought by the United States on behalf
of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 107 of CERCLA,
for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States
in responding to the release and threatened release of hazardous
substances at the site, as well as CERCLA and other claims related
to the site brought against Morgan by the State of Ohio. Under its
Consent Decree, Morgan will pay $334,016 in reimbursement of response
costs and will pay the State of Ohio $15,984 in reimbursement of
response costs.
Under the respective Consent Decrees, the United
States covenants not to sue PPG, and the United States and the State
of Ohio covenant not to sue Morgan, regarding the site, subject
to reservations of rights should information be discovered which
indicates that a settling defendant no longer qualifies as a de
minimis party, as well as reservations commonly included in CERCLA
settlements of all rights with respect to certain other claims. |
