# MARCO OF IOTA SUPERFUND SITE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37700`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0003
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $235K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARCO OIL & GAS (complaint) (settlement)
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD (complaint) (settlement)
- B & B OIL RECOVERY (complaint) (settlement)
- BASF CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- BETZ LABORATORIES (complaint) (settlement)
- BODIN OIL RECOVERY (complaint) (settlement)
- E. W. SAYBOLT (complaint) (settlement)
- FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS, LTD. (complaint) (settlement)
- FREEDMAN SHIPYARD (complaint) (settlement)
- GREAT SOUTHERN OIL & GAS (complaint) (settlement)
- REBEL ENERGY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTIONS 106, 107(A), 122(G), AND 122(H)(1) OF THE COM-      PREHENSIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND     LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS     9606, 9607(A), 122(G), AND 9622(H)(1).                    2. THE MARCO OF IOTA SUPERFUND SITE                             IOTA, LOUISIANA                                              RESPONDENTS: FREDEMAN SHIPYARD, BODIN OIL RECOVERY, B & B    OIL RECOVERY, REBEL ENERGY, INC., ATLANTIC RICHFIELD,        FRANCIS DRILLING FLUIDS, LTD., ARCO OIL & GAS, BETZ LAB-     ORATORIES, GREAT SOUTHERN OIL & GAS, BASF CORP., AND E.      W. SAYBOLT.                                               3. THE MARCO OF IOTA SITE IS LOCATED ON LA. STATE HIGHWAY       370 APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF THE TOWN OF IOTA, ACADIA    PARISH, LA. THE SITE IS SURRONDED ON THREE SIDES BY CRAY-    FISH FARMS AND RICE FIELDS. THE SITE OPERATED AS WASTE       FUELS BLENDING, WASTE OIL RECYCLING, AND WASTE REPACKAG-     ING FACILITY. THE EPA CONDUCTED A SITE ASSESSMENT AT THE     SITE ON MAR. 5, 1992. EPA REPS DISCOVERED APPROXIMATELY      1,450 DRUMS AND CONTAINERS LARGER THAN 5-GALLON CAPACITY     AND AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF 1-GALLON AND SMALLER VOLUME    SAMPLE CONTAINERS, 17 TANKS, AND 4 SEMI-TRAILERS. THESE      TANKS AND CONTAINERS CONTAINED LIQUID, SOLID, AND SLUDGE     WASTE MATERIALS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.             IN RESPONSE TO THE RELEASE OR THREATENED RELEASE OF HAZ-     ARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM THE SITE, 

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