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MOBIL OIL CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1995 · — · — · 36294

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1995-0425
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 3008(H) OF THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT, AS A- MENDED BY THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT, ( RCRA ), AND FURTHER AMENDED BY THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 6928(H). 2. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION CHALMETTE REFINERY 500 W. ST. BERNARD HIGHWAY CHALMETTE, LOUISIANA 70043 3. RESPONDENT IS THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF AN EXISTING HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY. CERTAIN WASTES AND CONSTIT- UENTS FOUND AT THE FACILITY ARE HAZARDOUS WASTES OR HAZ- ARDOUS CONSTITUENTSAND HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO THE EN- VIRONMENT FROM THE FACILITY. BASED ON THE RELEASE OF HAZ- ARDOUS WASTE OR HAZARDOUS WASTE CONSTITUENTS INTO THE EN- VIRONMENT FROM THE RESPONDENT'S FACILITY, THE ACTIONS RE- QUIRED BY THE ORDER ARE CONSISTENT WITH RCRA AND ARE NEC- ESSARY TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH AND/OR THE ENVIRONMENT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(H) OF RCRA, EPA ISSUES AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO (1) PERFORM INTERIM MEASURES (IM) AT THE FACILITY TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE FURTHER MIGRATION OF CONTAMINANTS DUE TO RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR TO MITIGATE CURRENT OR POTENTIAL THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT; (2) PERFORM A RCRA FACILITY INVESTIGATION (RFI)

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