# HABETS, GLEN/BIG WEST OIL REFINERY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50921`
- **Case Number:** 08-1998-0017
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $17K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HABETS, GLEN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON JULY 9-10, 1997, EPA INSPECTED FACILITY AND FOUND 4 LARGE ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANKS ON SITE. EACH TANK WAS ABOUT 40   FEET IN HEIGHT AND 40 FEET IN DIAMETER.  THEY ALSO FOUND 6   PITS OR PONDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TANKS COVERED WITH A    LAYER OF OILY WASTES.  EPA FOUND 22 DEAD BIRDS IN THE OILY   LAYER OF THE PITS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS AND STANDING OIL ON  THE GROUND.  18 BIRDS WERE COLLECTED AND THE 4 REMAINING     BIRDS COULD NOT BE RECOVERED. RESPONDENT'S CONTRIBUTION OF   SOLID WASTE TO, OR HANDLING OF SOLID WASTE AT THE FACILITY   MAY PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO      HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7003

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