# DIXIE OIL PROCESSORS, INC._(RALPH LOWE)
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35345`
- **Case Number:** 06-1991-0172
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARCO CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- DIXIE OIL PROCESSORS (complaint) (settlement)
- DOW CHEMICAL CO. U.S.A. (complaint) (settlement)
- EL PASO PRODUCTS (complaint) (settlement)
- INTERCOASTAL CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- LOWE, RALPH (complaint) (settlement)
- LOWENCO (complaint) (settlement)
- MERICHEM CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- MOBIL CHEMICAL (complaint) (settlement)
- PETRO TEX CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- ROHM & HAAS CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- TEX-TIN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A REFERRAL (LITIGATION REPORT) UNDER SECTION 107     OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION,   AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED BY THE SUPERFUND       AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986, PUB. L. NO. 99-  499 ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9607, FOR RECOUPMENT OF    $480,525 PLUS INTEREST SPENT ON RESPONSE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN  AT THE DIXIE OIL PROCESSORS (DOP) FACILITY NEAR FRIENDSWOOD IN HARRIS CO., TEXAS ( DOP  OR  SITE ).  EPA ADDITIONALLY    SEEKS A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT UNDER SECTION 113(G)(2) OR CERC LA, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9613 (G)(2), AND 28 U.S.C. SEC. 2201 FOR  LIABILITY FOR FUTURE COSTS TO BE INCURRED AT THE DOP.INTER-  COASTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY (ICC) OPERATED A COPPER RECOVERY    AND HYDROCARBON WASHING FACILITY ON THE DOP NORTH SITE FROM  1969 TO 1978.  A TOTAL OF SIX SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS WERE USED  BY ICC TO STORE WASTEWATER CONTAINING COPPER PRIOR TO RE-   COVERY AND TO TREAT WASTEWATER PRIOR TO DISCHARGE.  WASTE-   WATERS FROM THE HYDROCARBON WASHING OPERATIONS WERE ALSO DIS CHARGED INTO ONE OF THE IMPOUNDMENTS.  DURING A TWO YEAR PER IOD PERIOD BETWEEN 1975 AND 1977, THE IMPOUNDMENTS WERE CLOS ED AND DECOMMISSIONED.                                         IN 1978, DOP BEGAN OPERATIONS ON THE DOP SOUTH SITE.  ACT- IVITIES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE SITE ARE AS FOLLOWS:  REGENER- ATION OF CUPROUS CHLORIDE CATALYST; HYDROCARBON WASHING TO   PRODUCE ETHYLBENZENE, TOLUENE, AROMATIC SOLVENTS, STYRENE PI TCH; OIL RECOVERY; AND BLENDING AND 

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