# BAYOU SORREL
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33728`
- **Case Number:** 06-1982-0032
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLIED CORP. (complaint)
- AMERICAN CYANAMID (complaint)
- ARCO (complaint)
- BASF (complaint)
- BAYOU SORREL
- BETZ LABORATORIES (complaint)
- BORDEN INC. (complaint)
- CEDAR CHEMICAL (complaint)
- CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (complaint)
- CHEVRON CHEMICAL (complaint)
- CHEVRON USA (complaint)
- CIBA-GEIGY (complaint)
- CITIES SERVICES OIL & GAS CORP. (complaint)
- CONOCO INC.
- COS-MAR COMP.
- DEGUSSA CORP.
- DOW CHEMICAL COMP.
- EARTH INDUSTIRAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
- ETHYL CORP.
- EXXON CHEMICAL AMERICAS
- FREEPORT-MCMORAN RESOURCE PARTNERS
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMP.
- HALLIBURTON SERVICES
- HELENA CHEMICAL COMP.
- HERCULES INC.
- ICI AMERICAS INC.
- INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, INC.
- MARATHON PETROLEUM COMP.
- MARTIN MARIETTA CORP.
- MELAMINE CHEMICALS, INC.
- MOBIL OIL CORP.
- MOBIL OIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING SE INC
- MONSANTO COMPANY
- NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY
- NATIONAL MARINE SERVICE INC.
- NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICES INC.
- NORDIX INCORPORATED
- NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CORP.
- OCCIDENTIAL CHEMICAL CORP.
- OCCIDENTIAL ELECTORSHEMICALS CORP.
- OHMSTEDE OF LA., INC.
- PEABODY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
- PLACID REFINING COMP.
- REAGENT CHEMICAL & RESEARCH, INC.
- ROLLINS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
- SHELL OIL COMPANY
- STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMP.
- TENNECO OIL COMP.
- TEXACO INC.
- TRIAD CHEMICAL
## Summary

1, SECTION 106 AND 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL       RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ) AND      SECTION 7003 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY       ACT ( RCRA ).                                             2. BAYOU SORREL SUPERFUND SITE                                  20 MIKES SW OF BATON ROUGE, 6 MILES N OF TOWN OF BAYOU       SORREL                                                       IBERVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA                               3. SITE RECEIVED WASTES FROM PERTOCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES IN        LA., TX., AR., AND NS. PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS ARE PROCESS      WASTES FROM PESTICIDE/HERBICIDE MANUFACTURING, SULFIDE-      CONTAINING WASTES FROM HYDROCARBON PROCESSING AND EXPLO-     RATION, AND SPENT WASH FROM BOILER AND PROCESS-EQUIPMENT     CLEAINING. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000 CUBIC FEET      OF CONTAMINATED SOIL. THE HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS ARE EX-      POSURE TO CONTAMINATED SOIL/SEDIMENT, AND INGESTION OF       CONTAMINATED SOURCE.                                         SITE CLOSURE WAS OVERSEEN BY LA. STATE AFTER DEATH OF A      TRUCK DRIVER.                                             4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 106 AND 107 OF CERCLA,  AND 7003 OF RCRA, EPA REQUESTS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR REMOVAL AND CLEANUP OF THE SITE.

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