# TRIANGLE PETROLEUM SITE #P5
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50166`
- **Case Number:** 08-1995-0014
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BIG AND LITTLE TRACTOR REPAIR (complaint)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF CO. (complaint)
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF COLORADO (complaint)
- CITY OF DELTA (complaint)
- CLYMER'S RANCH AND LIVESTOCK (complaint)
- CUPRUS ORCHARD VALLEY COAL MINE (complaint)
- EIMCO COAL MACHINERY, INC. (complaint)
- ESAT (complaint)
- ESTATE OF RUSSELL T LUND JR. (complaint)
- ESTATE OF RUSSELL T. LUND  JR. (complaint)
- ESTATE OF RUSSELL T. LUND III (complaint)
- FRUITA CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE (complaint)
- GROENDYKE TRANSPORT INC. (complaint)
- HOLSUM BAKERY/INTERSTATE BRANDS COOP (complaint)
- J.C. THOMPSON (complaint)
- J.W. BREWER TIRE CO. (complaint)
- LUCAS INDUSTRIAL REPAIR, INC. (complaint)
- MASTER PETROLUEM CO. (complaint)
- MOUNTAIN WEST (complaint)
- PAUL'S TRUCK AND WASH SERVICE (complaint)
- PEPSI COLA WEST (complaint)
- RED HAT PRODUCE, INC. (complaint)
- RIGGLE OIL COMPANY (complaint)
- RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC. (complaint)
- SAN JUAN COUNTY (complaint)
- TOWN OF HOTCHKISS (complaint)
- TRIANGLE PETROLEUM SITE (complaint)
- UNITED COMPANIES OF EMSA COUNTY (complaint)
- VALLEY FARMS, INC. (complaint)
- VAN WATERS & ROGERS INC. (complaint)
- WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY (complaint)
- WESTERN IMPLEMENT COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

FROM 1987 TO 1991, TRIANGLE PETROLEUUM OPERATED A STORAGE  FACILITY AT THE SITE.  WASTE OIL AND CHEMICALS WERE TRUCKED  TO THE SITE BY TRIANGLE PETROLEUM, BOTH IN 55-GALLON DRUMS   AND IN BULK FORM.  SOME OF THE WASTE OIL AND CHEMICALS WERE  PUMPED INTO TANKS AT THE SITE FOR STORAGE, AND THE REST WAS  STORED IN 55-GALLON DRUMS.  SOME OF THE WASTE OIL WAS        TRANSPORTED OFF-SITE FOR USE IN DUST SUPPRESSION IN COAL     MINES.  AT LEAST FOUR ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS AND 250     DRUMS CONTAINING WASTE OIL AND CHEMICALS WERE LEFT ON-SITE   WHEN TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CEASED OPERATIONS AT THE STORAGE     FACILITY.  SMALL SPILLS OF WASTE OIL OCCURRED DURING THE     RESPONDENTS OPERATIONS.  CURRENTLY, SOME OF THE DRUMS ARE    OPEN AND PRODUCT OVERFLOWS FROM THOSE DRUMS DURING RAIN      EVENTS.  SOIL STAINING IS APPARENT AROUND MANY OF THE DRUMS  AND THE STORAGE TANKS, AND THERE IS LITTLE VEGETATION GROW-  ING AT THE SITE.

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*