# SAND CREEK NPL SITE
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Litigated With Unspecified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50590`
- **Case Number:** 08-1996-0134
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Unspecified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF COLORADO (complaint) (settlement)
- BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (complaint) (settlement)
- COLORADO & EASTERN RR (complaint) (settlement)
- COLORADO ORGANIC CHEMICAL (complaint) (settlement)
- GASAMART OIL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- L.C. CORP (complaint) (settlement)
- PHILLIP C. MOZER TRUST (complaint) (settlement)
- ROBERT CALVERT (complaint) (settlement)
- SAND CREEK NPL SITE (complaint) (settlement)
- SHELL OIL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

EPA HAS REFERRED THIS MATTER TO DOJ IN ORDER TO RECOVER    APPROXIMATELY $19.9 MILLION IN PAST COSTS AND ANY FUTURE     COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAND CREEK NPL SITE.   THE SITE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1980 AND LISTED ON THE NPL  IN 1982.  A SERIES OF CLEAN-UPS TOOK PLACE AT THE SITE OVER  THE NEXT 13 YEARS.  THE SITE IS CURRENTLY SLATED FOR DELISTING AND IS A KEY FOCAL POINT IN THE  BROWNSFIELDS  INITIATIVE.

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