# GURLEY PIT SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34013`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0027
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $90K
- **Cost recovery:** $406K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AIRCRAFT SERVICE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (complaint)
- AMR COMBS/MEMPHIS AERO (complaint)
- ARMOUR & COMPANY/ARMOUR PACKING COMPANY (complaint)
- BELL SOUTH/SOUTH CENTRAL BELL (complaint)
- BETTY GURLEY (complaint) (settlement)
- BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR/FRISCO RR (complaint)
- CARRIER EXCAVATION & FOUNDATION/CARRIER (complaint)
- CHEVRON CORPORATION/GULF OIL (complaint)
- CHUCK HUTTON CHEV./CHUCK HUTTON DODGE (complaint)
- COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC./BOTTLING CO. (complaint)
- E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS (complaint)
- EXXON CORP./ESSO/ESSO CAR CAR CENTER (complaint)
- GREYHOUND (complaint)
- GURLEY REFINING CO (PARTNERSHIP) (complaint) (settlement)
- GURLEY REFINING CO INC (GURLEY REFINERY) (complaint) (settlement)
- HAYGOOD/HAYGOOD GROUP, INC. (complaint)
- HERTZ CORPORATION (complaint)
- HOEHN MOTORS, INC./HOEHN CHEVROLET (complaint)
- KELLOGG COMPANY (complaint)
- KRAFT FOODS, INC./HUMKO (complaint)
- KROGER (complaint)
- LARRY GURLEY (complaint) (settlement)
- MEMPHIS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (complaint)
- MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS & WATER DIVISION (complaint)
- MEMPHIS STATE UNIV./UNIV. OF MEMPHIS (complaint)
- MEMPHIS, CITY OF/CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION (complaint)
- MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION COMPANY (complaint)
- MR. R. A. CALDWELL (complaint) (settlement)
- NAVISTAR/INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER (complaint)
- OAKLEY-KESSEE FORD, INC./HULL DOBBS FORD (complaint)
- PEPSI COLA COMPANY (complaint)
- RYDER TRUCK RENTAL & LEASING (complaint)
- SCHILLING LINCOLN-MERCURY/UNION AVE., IN (complaint)
- SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY/SEARS (complaint)
- SHELBY COUNTY GOVERNMENT/PENAL FARM & SC (complaint)
- ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY/COTTON (complaint)
- TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (complaint)
- TRAILMOBILE, INC. (complaint)
- TRI-STATE MACK, INC. (complaint)
- TRUNKLINE GAS COMPANY/PANHANDLE EASTERN (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/BLYTHEVILLE AIR FORCE BASE (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/EAKER AIR FORCE BASE (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/MEMPHIS ARMY DEPOT (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/NAVY MILLINGTON (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/POSTAL SERVICE (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT (complaint)
- UNITED STATES/TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (complaint)
- W.R. GRACE/GRACE CHEMICAL (complaint)
- WATERWAYS, INC./WATERWAYS MARINE OF MEMP (complaint)
## Summary

GURLEY PIT SITE IS ON THE NAT'L PRIORITIES LIST.  A REM EDIAL INVESTIGATION, FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ENDANGERMENT      ASSESSMENT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY EPA AND WERE COMPLETED IN  APRIL 1986.                                                       THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF EDMONDSON, AR.  THE 3.25   ACRE SITE CONSISTS OF A PIT CREATED WHEN A CONSTRUCTION CO   LEASED BY RECLAIMED OIL REFINING CO IN 1970 TO USE AS A DIS- POSAL SITE FOR OIL REFINING WASTES.  THE PIT WAS DIVIDED BY  LEEVES INTO 3 CELLS AND WAS USED FOR DISPOSAL FROM 1970 TO   THE END OF 1975.  PRESENTLY, THE SITE CONSISTS OF AN OPEN    PIT CONTAINING SLUDGE AND WATER CONTAMINATED WITH PCBS,      HEAVY METALS AND VARIOUS HYDROCARBONS.  THERE IS A HISTORY   OF RELEASES FROM THE SITE INTO SURROUNDING FIELDS AND        SURFACE STREAMS.                                                  OBJECTIVES:  TO OBTAIN PAYMENT OF COSTS INCURRED BY US  PURSUANT TO CRCLA AT THE GURLEY PIT SITE, AND TO OBTAIN      COURT ORDER DIRECTING RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TO DESIGN AND IM-  PLEMENT REMEDIAL ACTION DESCRIBED IN THE ENFORCEMENT DECIS-  ION DOCUMENT.  TWO PART REMEDY: (1) TREATMENT AND DISCHARGE  OF CONTAMINATED PIT WATER, AND (2) STABILIZATION OF WASTE    SLUDGES AND SEDIMENTS FOLLOWED BY DISPOSAL OF THESE          STABILIZED WASTES AND CONTAMINATED SOILS IN AN ON SITE       LANDFILL.  AUTHORITY FOR THE ACTION RESTS IN SECTIONS 106 &  107 OF CRCLA AND IN SECTION 7003 OF RCRA.  FUTURE COSTS WILL INCLUDE THOSE INCURRED DURING INVESTIGATI

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