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U.S. v. AKZO COATINGS OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 88-CV-73784-DT.

719 F.Supp. 571 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and State of Michigan, Intervening Plaintiff, v. AKZO COATINGS OF AMERICA, INC., Chrysler Motors Corporation, Detrex Corporation, Fabricon Automotive Products, Federal Screw Works, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Michigan Industrial Finishes, Inc., RPM, Inc., TRW, Inc., Uniroyal, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

August 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geneva S. Halliday, Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Barbara Rogers, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Connie Puchalski, Asst. Regional Counsel, U.S.E.P.A., Chicago, Ill., for U.S.A.-E.P.A.

Robert P. Reichel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for State of Mich.

J.K. MacKendree Day, Chicago, Ill., for Akzo Coatings of America, Inc.

Keith J. Lerminiaux, Vandeveer Garzia, Detroit, Mich., for Chrysler Motors Corp.

John A. Kruse, Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, Detroit, Mich., Robert A. Emmett, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Washington, D.C., for Detrex Corp.

David Matthews, Eagle-Picher Industries, Cincinnati, Ohio, John Toczylowski, River Rouge, Mich., for Fabricon Automotive Products.

Frank S. Galgan, Freud, Markus, Slavin & Galgan, Troy, Mich., for Federal Screw Works.

Margaret A. Coughlin, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, Mich., Mark D. Edie, Dearborn, Mich., for Ford Motor Co.

David L. Tripp, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors Corp.

Gary Rowen, Associate Gen. Counsel, Hoechst Celanese Corp., Somerville, N.J., for Hoechst Celanese Corp.

Mark J. Rudolph, Provizer, Lichtenstein, Pearlman & Phillips, Southfield, Mich., for Michigan Industrial Finishes, Inc.

David L. Maurer, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Detroit, Mich., for TRW, Inc., and Uniroyal, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WOODS, District Judge.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed this action against twelve parties that are potentially responsible for the clean up of a toxic waste site located in Oakland County, Michigan. The EPA has filed a Motion for Entry of a Consent Decree that it has negotiated with the defendants. The State of Michigan has filed a Motion to Intervene to challenge the consent decree.

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