# GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY (INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMER)
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34659`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0109
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $429K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE DEFENDANT, GULF STATES UTILITIES CO., VIOLATED CERCLA    SECTIONS 106 AND 107 OF CERCLA 42 USC SECTIONS 9606 AND      9607 BY HAVING ARRANGED FOR THE DISPOSAL OR TREATMENT OF     HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THE TRANSPORTATION FOR DISPOSAL OR       TREATMENT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE INDUSTRIAL TRANS-   FORMER FACILITY.                                             *                                                            REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS EXPENDED AT THE SITE IN EXCESS OF     $428,919 AND AN ORDER OR DECREE REQUIRING THE DEFENDANT TO   PERFORM REMEDIAL DESIGN AND REMEDIAL ACTION OF THE PCB CON-  TAMINATED SURFACE SOIL AS SET FORTH IN THE RECORD OF DECI-   SION FOR THE FIRST OPERABLE UNIT AT THIS SITE.               *                                                            EPA REGION 6 HAS HAD EXTENSIVE DEALINGS WITH THE DEFENDANT,  GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.(GSU) AND ENTERED AN AO ON CONSENT  WITH THE DEF. ON FEB 2, 1989 TO PERFORM A REMOVAL ACTION.    THE AGENCY RECEIVED A GOOD FAITH OFFER FROM THE DEFENDANT    IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERCLA SECTION 122, 42 USC 9622 ON SEPT   9, 1988 AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY NEGOTIATING WITH DOJ A PRE-    REFERRAL CONSENT DECREE WITH DEFENDANT SINCE THAT TIME.      *                                                            THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE ROD FOR THE FIRST OPERABLE UNIT AT THIS SITE REPRESENTS A DIVISIBLE HARM WHICH CAN BE REFLECTED IN THE COVENANT NOT TO SUE IN THE PROPOSED  CONSENT DECREE.                     

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