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PETRO PROCESSORS OF LA

Judicial · FY1980 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery · 33679

Penalty
$600K
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1980-0015
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

PETRO PROCESSORS OF LA, INC. EAST BATON ROUGE, LA. DOW CHEM CO, EXXON CORP, EXXON CHEM CO, UNIROYAL CORP, SHELL CHEM CORP, ALLIED CHEM CORP, USS CHEM CO, RUBICON CHEM CORP, ETHYL CORP, COPOLYMER RUBBER & CHEM CORP, & AMER HOECHST CO FILED 7/15/80, CIVIL ACTION #80358B, US DIST CT OF THE MID DISCTRICT OF LA, PETRO PROCESSOR OF LA, IS THE OWNER & OPERATOR OF 2 WSTE DISPOSAL SITES IN E. BATON ROUGE, LA. THE CO & 11 GENERATOR DEFENDANTS ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE CREATED A SITUAT'N WHERE DANGEROUS CONCENTRAT'NS OF CHEM HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO SURFACE WTRS, THREATENING DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES. IN ADDIT'N IT IS ALLEGED THAT SOIL, PLNTS, FISH & ANIMALS HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED, THEREBY THREATING FOOD CHAIN. 11 GENERATORS WERE NAMED AS HAVING SENT THEIR WASTES FOR DISPOSAL TO THE BROOKLAWN SITE. THEY ARE: DOW, EXXON CORP, EXXON CHEM CO., UNIROYAL, SHELL, ALLIED CHEM, U.S.S CHEM, RUBICON CHEM, ETHYL CORP, COPOLYMER RUBBER & CHEM CORP, & AMER HOESCHST CO. RELIEF IS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SEC 7003 OF RCRA (THE WASTES ARE HAZARDOUS & POSE AN IMMINENT & SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMNT TO HEALTH & THE ENVIRONMNT) SEC 504 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (THE WSTES ARE A POLLUTION SOURCE & ARE BEING DISCHARGED INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS); SEC 301 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (THE WASTES ARE POLLUTANTS & ARE BEING DISCHARGED W/OUT A PERMIT); SEC 13 OF THE REFUSE ACT (THE WASTES ARE REFUSE & ARE DISCHARGED I

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