# THE CHARTER COMPANY, ET AL.; I, (CHARTER V. THOMAS)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42300`
- **Case Number:** 07-1984-0014
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $5.00M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHARTER INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANY
- CHARTER OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- INDEPENDENT PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- THE CHARTER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE INCLUDES ALL DIOXIN SITES BELEIVED TO HAVE BEEN    SPRAYED WITH OIL BY RUSSELL BLISS D/B/A BLISS WASTE OIL      SERVICE, DURING 1971 AND 1972. THE WASTE OIL HAD BEEN        CONTAMINATED WITH DIOXIN WHICH BLISS HAD TRANSPORTED FROM    THE NEPACCO FACILITY IN VERONA, MO.  IPC ARRANGED FOR        TRANSPORT BY CONTRACT WITH NEPACCO AND SUBCONTRACTED THE     ACTUAL REMOVAL TO RUSSELL BLISS.

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