# MALONE COMPANY, MALONE SERVICE COMPANY, DEBTORS
> **Judicial** · FY2001 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41172`
- **Case Number:** 06-2001-0270
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MALONE SERVICE COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION       AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9601 ET      SEQ.                                                      2. MALONE SERVICE COMPANY SUPERFUND SITE                        5300 CAMPBELL BAYOU ROAD, NEAR SWAN LAKE AND GALVESTON       BAY                                                          TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77592                 3. THE FACILITY IS LOCATED NEAR A HEAVILY INDUSTRIALIZED        AREA THAT INCLUDES NUMEROUS PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS. MUCH OF    THE WASTE AT THE MSC FACILITY WAS SHIPPED FROM NEARBY        PLANTS. MSC WAS CITED REPEATEDLY BY TNRCC AND EPA FOR EN-    VIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS, MANY OF WHICH REMAIN UNRESOLVED.     EPA CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY/TIME CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTION      BEGINNING IN OCT. 1999. THE ACTION WAS LIMITED TO THOSE      MEASURES NECESSARY TO STABILIZE THE SITE UNTIL A LONG-       TERM REMEDIATION PLAN COULD BE FORMULATED.                   THE EPA HAS INCURRED APPROXIMATELY $4.9 MILLION IN CERCLA    RESPONSE COSTS TO DATE. FUTURE RESPONSE COSTS HAVE BEEN      ESTIMATED AT $30 TO $100 MILLION. TNRCC HAS INCURRED AP-     PROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION IN RESPONSE COSTS. THE STATE OF     TEXAS HAS INSTIGATED AN INSTANT INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY       ACTION IN ORDER TO FACILITATE SALE OF THE FACILITY AND TO    RETURN IT TO OPERATION WITH APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL        SAFEGUARD.                                                4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO CERCLA,

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