# GULF COAST VACUUM SERVICES SUPERFUND SITE - ATLANTIC-RICHFIE
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39559`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0895
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- BE NEAT TANK CLEANING CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON U.S.A. (complaint) (settlement)
- DIAMOND SHAMROCK (complaint) (settlement)
- FRANKS PETROLEUM INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
- GEO MISSISSIPPI DRILLING FLUIDS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GLOBAL CHEMICALS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GREAT SOUTHERN OIL & GAS COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- H.L. HAWKINS AND H.L. HAWKINS, JR. (complaint) (settlement)
- HALL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- INTERCOASTAL LIQUID MUD, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ITT CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- MAR-LOW CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- MARATHON OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- MURPHY EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION (complaint) (settlement)
- POGO PRODUCING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- STONE ENERGY CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- TEXAS TURN KEY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- THOMAS BARGE LINES, LTD. (complaint) (settlement)
- TIDEWATER, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- TRANSCO EXPLORATION PARTNERS, LTD. (complaint) (settlement)
- WELL-VAC INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 107 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,     COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980 ( CERCLA ), 42        U.S.C. SECTION 9607.                                      2. GULF COAST VACUUM SERVICES SUPERFUND SITE                    PARISH ROAD P-7-31, 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF       ABBEVILLE, VERMILION PARISH, LOUISIANA 70510                 RESPONDENTS: SEE SCREEN 3.                                3. THE FACILITY OPERATED BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES      AS A TRUCKING TERMINAL, WHICH PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE       OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FROM ABOUT 1969 TO 1984. THE EVI-       DENCE SHOWS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE TRANSPORTATION SER-      VICES PROVIDED AND PRODUCTS SOLD TO THE INDUSTRY, THE FA-    CILITY DISPOSED OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ON-SITE. DISPOSAL    OCCURRED THROUGH DIRECT, INTENTIONAL PLACEMENT OF WASTE      INTO ON-SITE PITS AS WELL AS THROUGH WASHING AND RINSING     TRUCKS USED FOR HAULING MATERIALS TO AND FROM OIL RIGS.      THE CONTAMINATION AT THE SITE IS PRIMARILY ORGANIC AL-       THOUGH THERE IS SIGNIFICANT INORGANIC CONTAMINATION. AS A    RESULT, EPA CONDUCTED A SERIES OF EMERGENCY REMOVAL AC-      TIONS AT THE SITE AS CONTAMINATION MEASURES TO ADDRESS       PIT OVERFLOW PROBLEMS DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. IN ADDI-    TION, EPA INITIALLY ISSUED TWO PROPOSED PLANS ON JUL. 13,    1992, ONE FOR AN INTERIM ACTION TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE         THREATS AND THE OTHER TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM ACTION. THE       LONG-TERM PLANT, REFERRED TO AS T

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