# SCOGIN, V. J.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Litigated No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35430`
- **Case Number:** 06-1992-0084
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SCOGIN, V.J. (complaint)
## Summary

THE BAYOU BONFOUCA SUPERFUND SITE IS LOCATED IN SLIDELL,     ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LOUISIANA.  THE SITE IS A FORMER         WOOD PRESERVING FACILITY WHICH UTILIZED FORMED LUMBER,       SUCH AS TELEPHONE POLES AND RAILROAD TIES, THAT WERE         TREATED BY THE PRESSURIZED ADDITION OF CREOSOTE.  A FIRE     AT THE FACILITY IN 1970, IN ADDITION TO OPERATIONAL          RELEASES, RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF PURE PRODUCT            CREOSOTE ONTO THE PLANT SURFACE AND INTO THE ADJACENT        BAYOU FOR WHICH THE PROJECT IS NAMED.  THE REMEDIAL          DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDES DREDGING 16 FEET OF         SEDIMENTS FROM THE BAYOU BOTTOM FOR INCINERATION.  IN        ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, IT IS NECESSARY TO PLACE           SHEET PILING ALONG THE SHORELINE WITH SUBSURFACE             ANCHORS TO ASSURE THAT THE SHORELINE DOES NOT COLLAPSE       DURING DREDGING.                                             *                                                            V.J. SCOGIN, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF STANDARD MATERIALS,         OPERATES A PRESTRESSED CONCRETE COMPANY DOWNSTREAM           FROM THE CONTAMINATED AREA AND ANOTHER FACILITY              ADJACENT TO THE SITE.  THE COMPANY (STANDARD)                CURRENTLY HAS A CONTRACT TO MAKE TRESTLES FOR THE            RAIL BRIDGE ACROSS LAKE PONCHARTRAIN.  THEY DO THIS          AT THE MAIN FACILITY, DOWNSTREAM OF THE CONTAMINATION,       AND CARRY THE LARGE CONCRETE PIECES TO THE CONSTRUCTION      AREA ON LAKE PONCHARTRAIN BY BARGE. 

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