Thousands of East Hill neighborhood residents who received notices in the mail earlier this summer inviting them to participate in a class action lawsuit settlement as reparation for a plume of unwanted chemicals migrating through their soil and groundwater now have additional time to submit claims.
This residual plume is a result of fertilizer operations conducted by ConocoPhillips Inc, and Agrico Chemical Company prior to the plant (located at Interstate 110 and Fairfield Drive) being labeled as a Superfund site by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), and shut down. Today the “Agrico Site†remains in a long-term natural attenuation monitoring program for groundwater. (Independent News “A Soiled Situation,†June 20)
The class action settlement offers financial compensation to homeowners located within two designated sub-classes of properties named for plaintiffs—Thomas and Rabin. The classes were established based on expert calculations of the plume’s current location as well as the projected path of continued migration. In total, over 5,000 notices were mailed to prospective claimants located within these affected areas.
Although the original cut-off to submit a claim was July 29, in an effort to encourage more potential claimants to participate, the court decided to extend the deadline. Residents now have through August 12, 2013 to submit a claim.
The class action lawsuit was filed by local law firm Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz. An out of area, third-party administrator is handling the claims and subsequent distribution of settlement checks.
Claims Contact Information:
Thomas v. ConocoPhillips, Inc. Class Action Settlement Administrator
RG/2 Claims Administration LLC
PO Box 59479
Philadelphia, PA 19102-9479
Phone: (866) 742-4955
Web: www.rg2claims.com
Email: info@rg2claims.com