Re: [CPEO-BIF] Thoro Kleen dry cleaner site, Georgetown, Delaware

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge rules Joe Booth liable for chemical damage
Damages to be determined at trial

By Ryan Mavity
Cape Gazette 
August 7, 2019

A Delaware Superior Court judge has ruled former state Sen. Joe Booth and his wife are liable for environmental damage caused by pollution from a former dry-cleaning facility they owned in Georgetown.

At the same time, Judge Jeffrey Clark denied Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s request for damages from the Booths because the department has not cited a cost for cleaning up the site. Clark said a liability figure will have to come at trial. (DE)

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capegazette.com/article/judge-rules-joe-booth-liable-chemical-damage/184174

> On Aug 6, 2019, at 11:01 PM, Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:
> 
> Former senator challenges state in brownfield battle
> 
> By Shannon Marvel McNaught 
> Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times (DE)
> August 6, 2019 
> 
> 
> DNREC is suing Joe Booth for failing to clean up a former dry-cleaning property, but it is already part of DNREC’s brownfield cleanup program.
> 
> An ongoing court battle pits former Sen. Joseph Booth against the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control over chemical cleanup costs.
> 
> ...
> 
> His parents, William and Iva Booth, bought a Thorogood dry-cleaning business at 10 Railroad Avenue in the 1950s. Not long after, they bought 11 Railroad Avenue and moved it there, renaming it Thoro Kleen. Joe Booth worked for his parents for about a year before buying the property and business in 1986.
> 
> While Booth knew toxic chemicals were used, he claims he does not know of any being disposed of improperly while his parents had the business.
> 
> …
> 
> For the entire article, see
> https://www.scsuntimes.com/news/20190806/former-senator-challenges-state-in-brownfield-battle
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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