# TIGER MARINE SHIPYARD SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36107`
- **Case Number:** 06-1995-0236
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TIGER SHIPYARD, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

1. SECTION 106(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPON-    SE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C.    SEC. 9606(A).                                             2. TIGER SHIPYARD, INC.                                         5780 NORTH RIVER ROAD                                        PORT ALLEN, WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA            3. RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 106(A) OF CERCLA BY ILLEGALLY    DUMPING NUMEROUS DRUM CONTAINING BENZENE, CAUSTIC SODA,      GLYCOL, JET FUEL, TOLUENE, STYRENE AND OTHER WASTES IN       VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN THE VI-  CINITY OF THE DOCKS, PIERS AND BARGES OF THE TIGER SHIP-       YARD FACILITY.                                               ON JUL. 27, 1994, EPA REGION 6 EMERGENCY RESPONSE BRANCH     (ERB) CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION AT THE SITE. SIDE SCAN      SONAR, VECTOR SONAR AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT HELPED IDENT-    IFY APPROXIMATELY 23  HARD TARGETS  AND TWO  HARD TARGET     AREAS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ADJACENT TO THE FACILITY,     INCLUDING IN AND AROUND THE PIERS AND DOCKS ADJACENT TO      THE FACILITY. THE TWO HARD TARGET ARES MAY INDICATE THE      PRESENCE OF GROUPS OR PILES OF DRUMS IN THE RIVER.THESE      HARD TARGETS AND AREA ARE IN PLACED IN BARRELS ALONG WITH    RUST AND SCALE FROM BARGE CLEANING OPERATIONS AND DIS-       POSED OF BY DUMPING THE DRUMS INTO THE RIVER FROM THE TI-    GER BARGES.                                                  PUBLIC WATER INTAKES ARE LOCATED 

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