# WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS CO.(WELDA COMP.STA.), WELDA, KS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1994 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45159`
- **Case Number:** 07-1994-0366
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES CLEANUP, BY TIME CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTION, OF PCB, PAH, AND CHROMIUM CONTAMINATION AT THE WELDA         COMPRESSOR STATION.  THE WELDA COMPRESSOR STATION, LOCATED   NEAR WELDA, KS, IS PART OF A MAIN-LINE NATURAL GAS           TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OWNED AND OPERATED BY WILLIAMS NATURAL   GAS CO.  COMPRESSED AIR IS USED TO START THE NATURAL GAS     COMPRESSORS USED TO MOVE THE NATURAL GAS THROUGH THE         TRANSMISSION LINES.  LUBRICANTS CONTAINING PCBS CONTAMINATED CONDENSATES WHICH FORM IN THE AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM.  PCBS   WERE RELEASED TO THE ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH THESE            CONDENSATES.                                                 THE WELDA STATION WAS ONE OF SEVERAL COMPRESSOR STATIONS FOR WHICH WILLIAMS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED SITE INVESTIGATIONS      PURSUANT TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDER.  WE ANTICIPATE  NEGOTIATING A FOLLOW-UP CONSENT ORDER CALLING FOR WILLIAMS   TO CONDUCT THE REMOVAL ACTION DETERMINED TO BE NECESSARY AS  A RESULT OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED IN THIS SITE            INVESTIGATION.

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