EPA v. LCP Chemicals, Inc. et al.

Case summary

The Site is a 26-acre parcel located in an industrial area on the Tremley Point peninsula adjacent to the Arthur Kill, in Linden, Union County, New Jersey. The Site was used for various industrial processes, including chlorine and hydrogen gas production, from approximately the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, which caused the release of mercury and other hazardous substances at the Site. The Consent Decree with Linde Inc. f/k/a Praxair, Inc. resolves Linde f/k/a Praxair's alleged civil liability to the United States under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA as a successor to Union Carbide Corporation's alleged civil liability at the Site relating to Union Carbide Corporation's operation of a hydrogen gas purification, transfill, and repackaging plant on a 2.1-acre portion of the Site.

Defendants (5)

• Praxair, Inc.Named in settlement
• LCP Chemicals, Inc.
• ISP Environmental Services, Inc.
• Linde Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• G-I Holdings, Inc.

Facilities (1)

• LCP CHEMICALS INC.

  S WOOD AVE, LINDEN, NJ, 07036

  Registry ID: 110029582841

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
• CERCLA 107A — Cost Recovery

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Linde Inc. f/k/a Praxair, Inc.entered 2021-01-04

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2014-07-16PRN Sent
• 2014-07-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2017-09-28Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2018-03-09Supplemental Referral-Adding parties, counts
• 2020-10-28Complaint Filed With Court
• 2020-10-28Final Order Lodged
• 2021-01-04Final Order Entered