# TEX TIN CORPORATION SUPERFUND SITE - OPERABLE UNIT NO. 1
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `40411`
- **Case Number:** 06-2000-0795
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMALGAMET, INC. (settlement)
- AMOCO OIL COMPANY (settlement)
- BHP COPPER (settlement)
- BP AMOCO CHEMICAL CO. FKA AMOCO CHEMICAL (settlement)
- BP AMOCO CORPORATION (settlement)
- CELANESE CHEMICAL COMPANY (settlement)
- CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. (settlement)
- CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM COMPANY (settlement)
- COOKSON (settlement)
- CUPRUS CLIMAX METALS COMPANY (settlement)
- CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS COMPANY (settlement)
- E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (settlement)
- ELF ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA (settlement)
- EXXON MOBIL CORP (settlement)
- GAF CORPORATION (settlement)
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (settlement)
- HCST (settlement)
- INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC. (settlement)
- ISP CHEMICALS INC. (settlement)
- ISP OPCO HOLDINGS INC. (settlement)
- ISP TECHNOLOGIES INC. (settlement)
- KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION (settlement)
- LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY (settlement)
- MOBIL OIL CORPORATION (settlement)
- MONSANTO COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY (settlement)
- PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY (settlement)
- PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- ROHM AND HAAS TEXAS INC. (settlement)
- SHELL CHEMICAL COMPANY (settlement)
- SHELL OIL COMPANY (settlement)
- SOUTHWIRE COMPANY (settlement)
- TDY HOLDINGS, L.L.C. (settlement)
- TDY INDUSTRIES, INC. (settlement)
- UNION CARBIDE CARIBE, LLC (settlement)
- UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION (settlement)
- UOP L.L.C. (settlement)
- VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 106(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RE-        SPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), AS       AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9606(A).                       2. TEX TIN CORPORATION SUPERFUND SITE - OPERABLE UNIT NO. 1     FM 519 AND STATE HIGHWAY 146                                 TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590                 3. OPERABLE UNIT NO. 1 (OU1) OF THE TEX TIN CORPORATION         SUPERFUND SITE IN AN INACTIVE TIN AND COPPER SMELTER LO-     CATED ON APPROXIMATELY 130 ACRES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF      DISCREET AREAS OF CONTAMINATION FOUND ON OU1: DETERIORAT-    ED ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANKS, A SERIES OF ACID PONDS,       SOME BACKFILLED WITH OTHER MATERIALS, WASTEWATER TREAT-      MENT PONDS, A LICENSED LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVCE MATERIALS      LANDFILL, AND EXTENSIVE ACREAGE COVERED WITH SLAG, HEAVY     METALS CATALYSTS AND ASH, AND DEBRIS. SIX STUDIES IDENTI-    FIED A NUMBER OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT OU 1. LIQUID        WASTES IN THE ACID POND, SPENT CATALYSTS, SLUDGE IN THE      ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANKS, AND SLAG WASTE PILES CONTAIN-    ING CONCENTRATED NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL    (NORM) WERE IDENTIFIED AS PRICIPAL THREAT WASTES BECAUSE     THE CHEMICALS OF CONCERN CONTAINED IN THESE SOURCES ARE      HIGHLY TOXIC OR HIGHLY MOBILE. OU1 IS LOCATED WITHIN 3       MILES OF GALVESTON BAY. A DIRECT STRIKE FROM A HURRICANE     INTO THE TEXAS CITY AREA COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RELEASES    FROM OU1. THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY 

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