# AMOCO CHEMICAL COMPANY (TEX-TIN CORP. SUPERFUND SITE)
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36825`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0542
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMOCO CHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,     COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C.        SECTION 9607.                                             2. TEX TIN CORPORATION SUPERFUND SITE                           FM 519 AND STATE HIGHWAY 146                                 TEXAS CITY, TEXAS                                         3. THE TEX TIN SUPERFUND SITE, A TIN SMELTER AND ADJACENT       CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES, IS LOCATED IN TEXAS CITY, TEXAS.    THE SITE IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED FOR THE NATIONAL PRIORI-      TIES LIST (NPL) CONSISTS OF THE TIN SMELTER FACILITY,        OWNED BY TEX TIN CORP., SITUATED ON SOME 130 ACRES OF        AGED PROCESS BUILDINGS, ORE AND SLAG PILES, ACID PONDS,      AND OTHER TYPES OF CONTAMINATION. AMOCO CHEMICAL OWNS AN     ADJACENT 27.33-ACRE PARCEL, CONTAINING BACKFILLED ACID       PONDS, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE SITE. FINALLY, THE SITE     INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LO-     CATED IN THE CITY OF LAMARQUE. INVESTIGATIONS IN 1994 AND    1995 REVEALED CONCENTRATIONS OF THREE TIMES BACKGROUND OF    ARSENIC AND OTHER HEAVY METAL CONTAMINANTS IN SURFACE        SOILS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.                           4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 107 OF CERCLA, EPA RE-     FERRED THIS COST RECOVERY ACTION TO DOJ FOR EPA COSTS IN-    CURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE TEX TIN SUPERFUND SITE IN      TEXAS CITY AND LAMARQUE, TEXAS. THE LITIGATION REPORT        OUTLINES SITE AND CASE BACKGROUND

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