# CONOCO INCORPORATED ET AL.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53170`
- **Case Number:** 09-1999-0108
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONOCO INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
- DOUGLAS OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- KAYO OIL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO RCRA 7003.       THE ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED TO CONOCO AND TWO OTHER OIL        COMPANIES WHICH HAVE OPERATIONS NEAR THE CHARNOCK            DRINKING WATER WELLS OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA.            IN AUGUST OF 1995, STUDIES FOUND THAT THE GASOLINE           ADDITIVE MTBE WAS PRESENT IN THE GROUND NEAR THE             DRINKING WATER WELLS. BECAUSE THE RESPONDENTS HAVE           RESPONSIBILITY FOR RELEASES OF MTBE AND OTHER GASOLINE       CONSTITUENTS THAT MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO ENDANGERMENT        AT THE WELL FIELDS, THIS ORDER REQUIRES THAT THEY            SUPPLEMENT EXISTING INVESTIGATIONS AND INFORMATION           REQUETS BY CONDUCTING NEW FIELDWORK AND INFORMATION          GATHERING AS SPECIFICALLY DELINEATED IN THE SCOPE            OF WORK STATEMENT ATTACHED TO THE ORDER.

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