# NORTH RYAN STREET SUPERFUND SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37291`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0462
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. (GSU) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 104, 106(A), AND 122 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EN-       VIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY, AS A-     MENDED ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 9604, 9606(A), AND     9622.                                                     2. ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. (GSU), A TEXAS CORPORATION         303 NORTH RYAN STREET                                        LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA 70601           3. THE SITE IS AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 19 ACRES IN LAKE           CHARLES. THE SITE INCLUDES, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GSU PROP-    ERTY, AND ANY AREA WHERE A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE HAS BEEN      DEPOSITED, STORED, DISPOSED, OR PLACED OR OTHERWISE COME     TO BE LOCATED THROUGH A RELEASE IN THAT VICINITY.            FROM APPROXIMATELY 1916 TO 1931, A MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT    OPERATED AT THE SITE BY GSU OR OTHER SUBSIDIARY OR PRECE-    DECESSOR ENTITIES. THE PROCESS USED TO MANUFACTURE GAS       PRODUCED A WASTE BY-PRODUCT KNOWN AS COAL TAR WHICH WAS      REPORTEDLY DEPOSITED INTO THE SITE DURING THE PLANT'S OP-    ERATIONS. GSU PURCHASED THE SITE IN 1926 FROM LAKE           CHARLES ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. GSU REPORTEDLY PLACED SOL-    ID WASTE ON THE SITE UNTIL 1980. AFTER 1931, THE SITE WAS    PRIMARILY AS A SERVICE YARD. WASTE DEPOSITED ONTO THE        SITE DURING GSU'S PERIOD OF OWNERSHIP REPORTEDLY CONSISTS    OF COAL TAR WASTE FROM THE MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT AS WELL    AS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER DEBRIS. FORMER EMPLOY-     EES OF GSU HAVE ALSO STATED THAT 

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