California
The neighbors in Anaheim are upset, regulators have taken away the operating license and officials for the Stepan chemical company acknowledge that they’ve got a public relations problem.
Feb. 14, 1988
Business
Stepan Corp.: The chemical company, which had been fined $4.7 million by the Environmental Protection Agency, has settled the dispute for $75,000, the company said Tuesday.
March 2, 1994
The sort of problem every executive dreads began for Stepan Co. on a warm Thursday afternoon two weeks ago, when an equipment failure released a cloud of sulfur trioxide into the plant’s Anaheim neighborhood, causing vomiting, breathing problems and irritated eyes and throats among about 100 of the neighborhood’s residents.
Feb. 18, 1988
An Anaheim chemical company won permission Thursday from the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s hearing board to resume production for the first time since the firm had a toxic gas leak Feb. 4.
Feb. 19, 1988
A chemical manufacturer was fined $4.78 million Thursday by the U.S.
Oct. 1, 1993
The South Coast Air Quality Management District has responsibility for controlling air pollution in the area.
Aug. 9, 1988
Beckman Instruments Inc. said Wednesday that it completed the sale late last week of its Brea-based radioimmunoassay operations to Cambridge Medical Technology Corp., of Billerica, Mass.
Oct. 17, 1985
An Anaheim chemical company that released a cloud of toxic gas last Thursday was on probation for previous toxic leaks that it did not report, according to state and local officials.
Feb. 10, 1988
The mother of a 3-year-old boy living near the Stepan Co.’
One by one, angry Anaheim parents and concerned residents told a panel of air quality and city officials Wednesday night that their children still suffer health-related problems from exposure to a potentially toxic cloud accidentally leaked by a chemical company more than 20 days ago.
Feb. 25, 1988