Philip Services Corp. and American Vanguard Corporation

A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of hundreds of residents from Fulton and Fayette counties related to possible exposure to chemical emissions from the plant. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. More than 750 residents filed complaints from Memorial Day into September 2006 and have suffered symptoms and illness possibly related to odorant propyl mercaptan and organophosphate pesticide MOCAP. The plant received 38 acceptable shipments of MOCAP water wash containing propyl mercaptan between June 20 and June 28, 2006. Another four shipments arrived at the plant on June 29, but were rejected as being unacceptable. Tests on the rejected shipments conducted by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division showed extremely high concentrations of MOCAP and propyl mercaptan.