# WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS CO. (PECULAR COMPRESSOR STA.), PECULAR,
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45460`
- **Case Number:** 07-1996-0127
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES CLEAN-UP, BY TIME CRITICAL REMOVAL        ACTION, OF PCB CONTAMINATION AT A FACILITY OWNED AND         OPERATED BY WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS CO., KNOWN AS THE PECULIAR  COMPRESSOR STATION.  THE PECULIAR COMPRESSOR STATION IS      LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH AND ONE MILE WEST OF     PECULIAR, MISSOURI.  THE PROPERTY ENCOMPASSES APPROXIMATELY  7 ACRES IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 32 WEST.  THIS FACILITY 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, WHICH IN TURN ARE USED TO MOVE THE NATURAL GAS THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION LINES.      LUBRICANTS CONTAINING PCBS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM.  THE PCBS CONTAMINATED            CONDENSATES WHICH FORM IN THE AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM.  PCBS   WERE RELEASED TO THE ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH THESE            CONDENSATES.                                                 THE PECULIAR COMPRESSOR STATION IS ONE OF SEVERAL COMPRESSOR STATIONS FOR WHICH WILLIAMS CONDUCTED SITE INVESTIGATIONS    PURSUANT TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ORDER.  WE ARE         NEGOTIATING A CERCLA 106 ADMINISTRATIVE 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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