# AMOCO (BRIO REFINERY NPL SITE)
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34650`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0100
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMOCO CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- ARMCO INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- BORG WARNER PETROCHEMICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- DOW CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- FINA OIL AND CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- HENLEY GROUP, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HOECHST CELANESE CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- MONSANTO CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- PORT DRUM CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- REXENE PRODUCTS CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION CARBIDE CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CASE SUMMARY:                                                *                                                            THE BRIO REFINING SITE IS LOCATED APPROX 20 MILES STHEAST    OF HOUSTON, TX, IN HARRIS COUNTY.  THE SITE OCCUPIES APPROX  58.1 ACRES. PORTIONS OF THE SITE OCCUR BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH  OF DIXIE FARM ROAD AND ARE DESIGNATED AS BRIO NORTH AND      BRIO SOUTH.  BRIO NORTH OCCUPIES 48.8 ACRES AND BRIO SOUTH   COVERS 9.3 ACRES.  THE SOUTHBEND SUBDIVISION BORDERS THE     BRIO PROPERTY TO THE NORTHWEST.                              *                                                            THERE ARE 1,757 DRUMS ON THE SITE, MOST OF WHICH WERE GEN-   ERATED DURING THE REMEDIAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL REMEDIAL INVESTI GATIONS.  THE MAJOR SOURCES OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION ARE    THE CLOSED IMPOUNDMENTS ON THE SITE AND THE CONTAMINATION    THESE PITS HAVE CAUSED TO THE SHALLOWEST GROUNDWATER         ACQUIFER.                                                    *                                                            THERE ARE APPROX 200,000 CUBIC YARDS OF CONTAMINATED PIT AND SUBSURFACE SOILS ON THE SITE, ASSOCIATED WITH 24 DIFFERENT   PITS.  BUT, THE SITE INVESTIGATIONS INDICATED THAT THERE     IS BETWEEN 500,000 AND 700,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SOILS WITH     MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF CONTAMINATION.                         *                                                            1,2-DICHLOROETHANE HAD THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF ANY OF   THE VOLATILE ORGANICS DETECTED IN TH

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