Metachem

Governor's Task Force on Metachem

• Components of Draft Report
  • Task Force Report - DRAFT
  • Metachem Current Status
  • Report Section on Liens and Superliens
  • Report Section on Property Transfer
• DNREC EPA NOVs
• ENSR Report
  • A Table of Contents
  • B Section 1 Introduction
  • C Section 2 Facility Description
  • D Section 3 Storage Tank Assessment
  • E Section 4 Groundwater Treat & Recovery System
  • F Section 5 Audit Findings
  • G Section 6 Reccomendation for Further Env. Investigation
  • H Tables
  • I Appendix Process Flow Diagrams
• Environmental Law Documents
  • 2000 Delaware Toxic Release Inventory Report
  • ABI Claims Estimation & the use of the Cleanup Trust in Environmental Bankruptcy Cases
  • Brownfields in Red Ink -- The Environment of Bankruptcyville
  • Delaware State EPCRA Site
  • Important Excerpts of Brownfields in Red Ink
  • Delaware Hazardous Substances Cleanup Act
  • General Laws of Massachusetts
  • Insurance as a Means of Defining and Transferring Environmental Risks
  • New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act
  • Redevelopment Under State Superfund Laws
• Environmental Insurance Presentation to Metachem Task Force
• EPA Documents
  • EPA August 1992 RCRA Inspection Report
  • EPA Evaluation Re. Hotline Complaint August 2000
  • EPA January 1999 SC Reinspection Report
  • EPA Notice of Noncompliance TSCA-III-98-0120
• ISRA Documents
• ISRA Flowchart
• ISRA Guide
• Miscellaneous
  • 2000 Complaint
  • 2001 Stipulation of Final Judgement
  • Concept
  • Environmental Strategies Report
  • Executive Order
  • Metachem FactLine
  • Metachem Facility Tour Photos
  • Options for Conclusions Section of Report
  • Preliminary Outline for Report
  • RCRA Program Summary
  • Spills EPA 96
  • Summary of Key Terms
• Romanelli Correspondence with News Journal
• Task Force Agendas
  • Jan. 31, 2003
  • Feb. 6, 2003
  • Feb. 7, 2003 (Revised)
  • Feb. 14, 2003
  • Feb. 21, 2003
  • Feb. 28, 2003
  • Mar. 7, 2003
  • March 14, 2003
  • March 21, 2003
  • March 28, 2003
  • April 4, 2003
  • April 11, 2003
• Task Force Meeting Notes
  • Jan. 31, 2003
  • Feb. 14, 2003
  • Feb. 21, 2003
  • March 7, 2003
  • March 14, 2003
  • March 21, 2003
• Timeline
• U.S. DOJ Documents
  • DOJ Consent Decree June, 1999
  • Draft of May 1998 Complaint DOJ v. SC

Mission Statement

Determine what environmental, operational, regulatory, business and financial factors played a determining role in the Metachem situation;

Identify and recommend the corrective actions necessary to prevent this situation from happening again; and

Establish a process for identifying other Delaware industrial facilities which if closed or abandoned according to state and federal bankruptcy laws, could impose upon the State and/or the federal government) the costs of environmental clean-up.

Scope of Work does not include:

• Review of other facilities
• Assessment of blame, liability, or civil or criminal responsibility vis-à-vis any individual or non-governmental entity
• Review of existing remediation at Metachem