# H W WAGELEY, INC
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `18327`
- **Case Number:** 03-1998-0420
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $80K
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- H W WAGELEY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PERRY, ROGER, J. (complaint) (settlement)
- PERRY, WILLIAM, C. (complaint) (settlement)
- SMITH, MARY, B. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1998, EPA FORWARDED A CIVIL LITIGATION      REPORT WITH RESPECT TO A CIVIL ACTION UNDER THE CERCLA       SECTION 107 AND 113 CONCERNING THE CHARLES TOWN COAL TAR     SITE IN THE CITY OF CHARLES TOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST     VIRGINIA.  THIS ACTION STEMS FROM, INTER ALIA, EPA'S         OVERSIGHT OF A REMOVAL CLEANUP ACTION PERFORMED AT THE SITE  FOR WHICH EPA INCURRED RESPONSE COSTS IN EXCESS OF $104,237. $104,237.92.  EPA RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACTION BE FILED       AGAINST MR. ROGER J. PERRY, MR. WILLIAM C. PERRY, MS. MARY   B. SMITH ( PERRYS ) AND H.W. WAGELEY, INC (FORMERLY          SUPERTANE GAS CORPORATION.)                                  FROM ABOUT THE LATE 1800'S UNTIL 1953, THE SITE WAS UTILIZE  BY SEVERAL ENTITIES AS A FACILITY FOR COAL-GAS GENERATION    OPERATIONS.  THE COAL-GAS GENERATION PROCESS INVOLVED        PLACING COAL INTO AN OVEN AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, SPRAYING A   LIGHT OIL MIXTURE ON THE COAL, AND COLLECTING THE EVOLVED    GASES INTO A FLOATING ROOF STORAGE TANK (FRST).  THE COAL-   TAR RESULTING FROM THESE OPERATIONS WHICH AS DISPOSED AT     THE SITE CONTAINED A NUMBER OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,         INCLUDING NAPHTHALENE AND SEVERAL POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC       HYDROCARBONS (PAHS), WHICH WERE ESPECIALLY PREVALENT IN      SITE-SOILS NEAR THE LEAKING FRST.  THE CHARLES TOWN GAS      COMPANY INC (SUPERTANE GAS CORPORATION'S PREDECESSOR) USED   THE FRST FROM THE TIME OF ITS INCORPORATION IN 1948 UNTIL    1953.  IN OCTOBER 1965, TITLE TO THE

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