# GULF COAST VACUUM SERVICES, INC. OU NO. 2
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36210`
- **Case Number:** 06-1995-0341
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERADA HESS CORPORATION
- AVANTI SERVICES, INC.
- BHP PETROLEUM (AMERICAS), INC
- BJ TITAN SERVICES
- BORDEN, INC.
- COCKRELL OIL CORPORATION
- COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
- COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION COMPANY
- CONQUEST EXPLORATION CO.
- CORNELL OIL COMPANY
- CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC.
- DOW CHEMICAL CO.
- DOWELL SCHLUMBERGER
- DRESSER INDUSTRIES
- DYNAMIC EXPLORATION, INC.
- ENRON OIL & GAS CO.
- ENSTAR PETROLEUM INC.
- EXPLORATION COMPANY OF LOUISIANA
- FOREST OIL CORP.
- GRACE DRILLING CO. (GEC MANAGEMENT CORP)
- GRACE PETROLEUM CORP. (GEC MANAGEMENT CO
- GRAHAM RESOURCES, INC.
- GULF COAST VACUUM SERICES, INC. OU NO. 2 (complaint)
- INEXCO OIL CO.
- LGS NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.
- LOUISIANA GAS SYSTEM, INC.
- LOUISIANA LAND & EXPLORATION CO.
- LOUISIANA RESOURCES CO. (THE WILLIAMS CO
- MERIDIAN OIL, INC.
- MILPARK DRILLING FLUIDS_(BAKER HUGHES)
- MOSBACHER ENERGY COMPANY
- NERCO OIL AND GAS
- NORTH AMERICAN ROYALTIES, INC.
- OSCA, INC.
- OXY USA, INC.
- PACIFIC ENTERPRISES OIL CO. (USA)
- PENNZOIL CO.
- PRESIDIO OIL COMPANY
- ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC.
- SONAT EXPLORATION
- SOUTHPORT EXPLORATION, INC. (VULCAN)
- TARPON OIL CO.
- TESORO PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTING CO.
- TEXACO PIPELINE CO. (TX. PIPELINE, INC.)
- TEXAS CRUDE OIL (TEXAS CRUDE ENERGY, INC
- TOTAL MINATONE CORP.
- TRIUMPH ENERGY
- WESTERN COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, THE
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, THE
## Summary

THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THIS SITE, GULF COAST VACUUM SERVICES, INC., WAS AN OIL FIELD HAULING SERVICE, AND IS IN BANKRUPTCY NOW. THE SITE HAS BEEN ABANDONED OUT OF BANKRUPTCY. PRIOR TO AGREEING TO ABANDONED, EPA MADE A CLAIM FOR ITS COSTS AS AD- MINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. THE BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVED AN A-   GREEMENT GIVING EPA 50% OF THE ESTATE OF GULF COAST VACUUM   SERVICES, INC. AFTER THE TRUSTEE'S EXPENSES. THE TOTAL A-    MOUNT SO RECOVERED WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $55,000. THE SITE   RECEIVED OILFIELD EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION WASTES, INCLUD- ING  MUDS , OIL SLUSH, BRINES, ETC., ILLEGALLY DUMPED ONSITE AND WASHOUT FROM THE TANK. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INCLUDE HEA- VY METALS, BENZENE, AND ETHYLBENZENE, LISTED AS SUCH IN 40   C.F.R. SEC. 302.4 UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT, CLEAN AIR ACT,  AND RCRA. A REMOVAL ACTION WAS PERFORMED IN EARLY 1990,      WHICH ACTION INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONTAINMENT DIKE AROUND THE  WEST PIT . THE RI/FS IS BEING PERFORMED BY EPA   BECAUSE RI/FS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRPS WERE ULTIMATELY UN- SUCCESSFUL. ACCESS FOR THE RI/FS WAS OBTAINED THROUGH A      CERCLA 104(E)(5) UNILATERAL ORDER ISSUED TO GULF COAST.

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