Former Chemetco suppliers could face clean-up costs

Dec 29, 2011 | 11:48 AM | Chris Prentice

Tags  Chemetco, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, CERCLA, Superfund Recycling Equity Act, chris prentice

NEW YORK — Letters have been sent to 115 parties who may be liable for shouldering some of the cost of cleaning up former secondary copper smelter Chemetco Inc.

"It’s the beginning of the process," Mike Joyce, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional community involvement coordinator, told AMM. "Once we send out general notice letters, then we determine if these 115 people might be responsible." ....





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