Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation (2014)

Citation: Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation (2014)
Parent Document: Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation (2014)
Jurisdiction: Missouri (state)
Effective Date: 2014-06-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2678642/patrick-blanks-v-fluor-corporation/ ↗

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   Some mention should be made that as early as April 1989, Fluor considered selling its interest in the
partnership. A potential buyer visited the site in June of 1989. Allegedly, Doe Run decreased production
to make the site more appealing, and the partnership withheld environmental material from the potential
buyer. The partnership also looked into the economics of shutting down the smelter. Officials knew that
the shutdown and cleanup of the Bunker Hill facility in Idaho cost 100 million dollars. Doe Run officials,
however, believed they could shut down and clean up the Herculaneum smelter for as little as $20 million
dollars, provided the community “didn’t turn on [them] at the eleventh hour and demand a pristine clean
job.” Officials at this time assumed the Herculaneum smelter would operate for another twelve to fifteen
years, and believed that in the end they could “cut a deal” with the EPA for the orderly run-out and shut-
down of the smelter.

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