[CPEO-BIF] Thoro-Kleen dry cleaners, Georgetown, Delaware

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Court upholds decision against Joe Booth
Judge says appeal of cleanup order not filed in timely manner


by Ryan Cavity
Cape Gazette (DE)
March 6, 2019 

A Delaware Superior Court judge has upheld a ruling against former state Sen. Joe Booth over cleanup of a former dry-cleaning facility Booth owns in Georgetown.

Judge Jeffrey Clark affirmed a ruling by the state Environmental Appeals Board that Booth did not file an appeal of an order from Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to clean up the Thoro-Kleen dry cleaners property at 11 Railroad Ave. in Georgetown in a timely fashion. A lawsuit filed against Booth and his wife, Margaret, by DNREC seeking to set up financial penalties for the cleanup is still in litigation. 

The issue between DNREC and the Booths has been ongoing for years over the cleanup of hazardous material, namely the chemical perchloroethylene, or PCE, a colorless liquid used in dry cleaning.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capegazette.com/article/court-upholds-decision-against-joe-booth/175114

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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