NEPACCO
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | November 4, 1966 in Delaware, United States |
| Defunct | August 22, 1976 |
| Fate | Shutdown for failure to maintain an agent for service of process |
| Headquarters | Stamford ,United States |
Area served | United States |
Key people |
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| Products | Hexachlorophene |
NEPACCO, or the "North Eastern Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Co"[2] was a pharmaceutical and chemical company founded in 1966 in Stamford, Connecticut,[3]: ¶27 best known for its role in the Times Beach Hazmat Incident.
NEPACCO's main product was hexachlorophene, which it began producing after leasing a Verona, Missouri based chemical production facility from Hoffman-Taff in 1969.[4] As a byproduct of this process, dioxin, most well known for its use in Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, was created.[4] Although the dioxin was initially held on site, it was eventually improperly disposed of in a trench in the facility,[5] and by a local waste handler, Russell Bliss.[6]
Following the ban of Hexachlorophene in 1972, NEPACCO halted production on the site.[4] By 1974, the company had liquidated all its assets, and was shut down by the Delaware Secretary of State in 1976.[3]: ¶27
Edwin Michaels and John W. Lee, the President and Vice President of NEPACCO, and Ronald Mills, shift Supervisor, were personally liable for their actions in the Times Beach dioxin case. [7]
References
- ^ Gough, Michael (1986). Dioxin, Agent Orange, The Facts. Plenum, United States: Springer. pp. 122. ISBN 9780306422478.
- ^ "NEPACCO". Little Bits of History. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ a b United States v. Northeastern Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Company (Western District of Missouri 1984), Text.
- ^ a b c "SYNTEX FACILITY; VERONA, MO; Superfund Site". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ Carelli, Richard. "Court Refuses to Force Company to Pay for Dioxin Cleanup in Missouri Case". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ Powell, William (2012-12-03). "Remember Times Beach: The Dioxin Disaster, 30 Years Later". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "Individual Liability for Corporate Wrongdoing" (PDF).