NEPACCO

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.

North Eastern Pharmaceutical & Chemical Co., Inc
Private
IndustryChemicals
FateShutdown for failure to maintain an agent for service of process
FoundedNovember 4, 1966 (1966-11-04) in Delaware, United States
DefunctAugust 22, 1976 (1976-08-22)
Headquarters
Stamford
,
United States
Area served
United States
Key people
  • Edwin Michaels (President)[1]
  • John W. Lee (Vice President)
ProductsHexachlorophene

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

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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.
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