# SHELL OIL COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52239`
- **Case Number:** 09-1991-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $13.25M
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- LOS COYOTES ESTATES, LTD. (complaint) (settlement)
- MCCAULEY LCX CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- RAMPARTS RESEARCH & FINANCIAL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- SHELL OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- TEXACO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL RECOMMENDS LITIGATION BY THE UNITED STATES,  ON BEHALF OF EPA, TO RECOVER PAST COSTS AND TO ESTABLISH     LIABILITY OF FUTURE COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MCCOLL      SUPERFUND SITE ( MCCOLL  OR THE  SITE ).  THE PROPOSED       DEFENDANTS ARE FOUR OIL COMPANIES, WHOSE PREDECESSORS        GENERATED AND SENT WASTE TO THE SITE, AND THE CURRENT        OWNERS OF THE SITE PROPERTY.  EPA EXPECTS THE DEFENDANTS     WILL BE ABLE TO SATISFY IN FULL ANY JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM.     THE TWENTY-TWO ACRE MCCOLL SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF  FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOS ANGELES.    FROM 1942 TO 1946, SEVERAL OIL REFINERIES USED THE SITE FOR  DISPOSAL OF WASTE FROM THE PRODUCTION OF AVIATION FUEL.      OVER THE YEARS THE WASTE WAS COVERED BY DRILLING MUDS AND    TOP SOILS, AND A PORTION OF THE SITE WAS DEVELOPED AS A GOLF COURSE.  THE SITE CONTAINS TWELVE LARGE PITS FILLED WITH     NEARLY 100,000 CUBIC YARDS OF HIGHLY ACIDIC SLUDGE AND       SOILS.  EPA PLACED THE SITE ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST  IN 1982.                                                       EPA HAS INCURRED AND CONTINUES TO INCUR SUBSTANTIAL        RESPONSE COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MCCOLL SITE.   PAST    COSTS APPROACH $16 MILLION AND THE ULTIMATE COSTS OF         CLEANUP ARE ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN $120 MILLION AND $300       MILLION.  THE RESPONSE COSTS TO DATE HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY   EPA, AND DHS THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, IN PREPARING   AN INITIAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL REMEDIAL I

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