By Brent I. Clark, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen

Photo from CSB YouTube page video capture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCEErm18T2k
Photo from CSB YouTube page video capture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCEErm18T2k

Seyfarth Synopsis: The CSB found deficiencies in the facility’s design and labeling of the chemical loading stations, and failure to follow the company’s written chemical unloading procedures.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board recently released
Continue Reading Processing Plant Crosses Its Wires — Safety Board Finds Company “Did Not Follow Procedures”

By Andrew H. Perellis, Philip L. Comella, and Craig B. Simonsen

In U.S. v. D.S.C. of Newark Enterprises Inc., No. 09-2270, (D.N.J. 6/12/13), the Court found that the sale of an ongoing business with hazardous materials remaining on site, which is later released by the purchaser, does not make the seller liable for having arranged for disposal.

The
Continue Reading District Court Holds that Sale of Ongoing Business With Hazardous Materials Does Not Make Seller the Disposer