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U.S. v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

Civ. A. No. 85-294-A.

695 F.Supp. 233 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America v. The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Raymond Lamonica, U.S. Atty., M.D. La., Edward J. Gonzales, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., Cynthia Irmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen. for State of La., William G. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

R. Dean Cooper, Plaquemine, La., Robert Brager, Charles F. Gauvin, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, D.C., for defendant.

RULING ON MOTIONS

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

This action is one of a series of ongoing disputes between the Environmental Protection Agency and local chemical plants which pay taxes, provide employment, and otherwise contribute to the local economy, but which also produce vinyl chloride, a hazardous air pollutant. A "hazardous air pollutant" is defined by Section 112(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. &...

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