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Pharmaceutical and chemical company, known for its role in the Times Beach Hazmat Incident
North Eastern Pharmaceutical & Chemical Co., Inc
Company typePrivate
IndustryChemicals
FoundedNovember 4, 1966; 58 years ago (1966-11-04) in Delaware, United States
DefunctAugust 22, 1976 (1976-08-22)
FateShutdown for failure to maintain an agent for service of process
HeadquartersStamford, United States
Area servedUnited States
Key people
  • Edwin Michaels (President)
  • John W. Lee (Vice President)
ProductsHexachlorophene

NEPACCO, or the "North Eastern Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Co" was a pharmaceutical and chemical company founded in 1966 in Stamford, Connecticut, 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. As a byproduct of this process, dioxin, most well known for its use in Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, was created. Although the dioxin was initially held on site, it was eventually improperly disposed of in a trench in the facility, and by a local waste handler, Russell Bliss.

Following the ban of Hexachlorophene in 1972, NEPACCO halted production on the site. By 1974, the company had liquidated all its assets, and was shut down by the Delaware Secretary of State in 1976.

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.

References

  1. Gough, Michael (1986). Dioxin, Agent Orange, The Facts. Plenum, United States: Springer. pp. 122. ISBN 9780306422478.
  2. "NEPACCO". Little Bits of History. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  3. ^ United States v. Northeastern Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Company (Western District of Missouri 1984), Text.
  4. ^ "SYNTEX FACILITY; VERONA, MO; Superfund Site". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  5. Carelli, Richard. "Court Refuses to Force Company to Pay for Dioxin Cleanup in Missouri Case". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  6. Powell, William (2012-12-03). "Remember Times Beach: The Dioxin Disaster, 30 Years Later". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  7. "Individual Liability for Corporate Wrongdoing" (PDF).
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