ALBUQUERQUE – A New York federal bankruptcy court ordered Mark IV Industries to remove contaminated groundwater at its former PCB manufacturing site here, say published reports.

Mark IV formerly operated Gulton Industries and sold the property to Chant Corp. in 1978.

In 1995, the firm agreed to perform site remediation, removing contaminated soil by injecting a hydrogen releasing compound into groundwater. However, in April 2009, Mark IV ceased the work when it filed for bankruptcy.

The Environment Department filed a motion to maintain Mark IV’s cleanup obligations, and the court ruled the cleanup is not dischargeable in bankruptcy.

• Prev
• Next