# SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52258`
- **Case Number:** 09-1991-0029
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $500K
- **Cost recovery:** $97K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- GENERAL AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- RIO GRANDE HOLDING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- RIO GRANDE INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO. HOLDING INC (complaint) (settlement)
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SOUTHERN PACIFIC DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY $19,000 GALLONS  OF METAM SODIUM FROM A RAILROAD TANK CAR TO THE SACRAMENTO   RIVER WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED WHILE TRAVERSING THE CANTARA   LOOP NEAR DUNSMUIR, CA.  THE POPULATION PLUME DESTROYED 45   MILES OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER AND IMPACTED PORTIONS OF       SHASTA LAKE.THERE IS A CLEAN WATER ACT CLAIM, A COST         RECOVERY CLAIM, AND A NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES CLAIM.

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