EPA v. HEXAGON LABORATORIES

Case summary

*THIS REFERRAL WAS SUBMITTED ORALLY ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1989, AND WAS CONFRIMED WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1989. HEXAGON LABORATORIES OF NEW YORK, INC. WAS A PHARMACEUTI- CALS MANUFACTURER WHICH CEASED OPERATIONS IN 1988. CURRENT- LY HEXAGON IS A DEBTOR IN A CHAPTER 7 LIQUIDATION PROCEED- ING. ACCORDING TO THE INTERIM TRUSTEE'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE THE DEP'T OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (DEC) FOUND THAT HEXAGON STORED AND MAINTAINED THIRTY UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS WHICH WERE USED TO STORE HAZARDOUS WASTES. DEC ALSO FOUND EXTENSIVE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN AND AROUND THE HEXAGON FACILITY, ACCORDING TO THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. ON SEPTMEMBER 14, 1989 EPA RECEVIED A COPY OF THE INTERIM TRUSTEE'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE- QUESTS THE DISMISSAL OF THE CHAPTER 7 PETITION, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE THE CONVEYANCE OF A POSSESSORY INTEREST IN HEXA- GON'S REAL PROPERTY TO EPA AND/OR DEC. ON THAT SAME DATE, EPA ORALLY REFERRED THE CASE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO REPRESENT EPA IN THIS MATTER AND SPECIFICALLY TO RESPOND TO THE INTERIM TRUSTEE'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. NEGOTIATIONS BE- TWEEN DOJ AND THE INTERIM TRUSTEE RESULTED IN THE EXECUTION OF A STIPULATION. THE STIPULATION STATES THAT THE INTERIM TRUSTEE HAS AGREED TO WITHDRAW THAT PORTION OF THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE DIRECTING CONVEYANCE OF HEXAGON'S REAL PROPERTY TO EPA AND/OR DEC. THE INTERIM TRUSTEE ALSO AGREED TO ONLY REQUEST THAT THE CHAPTER 7 PETITION BE DISMISSED. ORC IS CONFIDENT THAT THE STIPULATION ADEQUATELY PROTECTS EPA'S INTERESTS.

Defendants (1)

• HEXAGON LABORATORIES OF NEW YORK INCNamed in complaint

Facilities (1)

• HEXAGON LABORATORIES OF NY INCORPORATED

  3536 PEARTREE AVENUE, BRONX, NY, 10475

  Registry ID: 110000838363

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1989-09-14Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1989-09-14Complaint Filed With Court
• 1989-09-14Concluded
• 1989-09-14Enforcement Action Closed
• 1989-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered