# B & L OIL CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Litigated No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `5695`
- **Case Number:** 02-1996-0091
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- B & L OIL CORPORATION (complaint)
## Summary

BACKGROUND RE PREVIOUS CASE & REQUEST FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CD.      ON 12/30/92 THE U.S. ENTERED INTO A JUDICIAL CONSENT    DECREE (CIVIL NO. 90-2287) PURSUANT TO RCRA SECTION 3008.    THE CD INCLUDED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $25,000 TO BE PAID IN 5   INSTALLMENTS OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD.  THE LAST PAYMENT WAS   DUE ON 12/30/93.  FAILURE TO TIMELY PAY ANY OF THE INSTALL-  MENTS SUBJECTED B & L TO STIPULATED PENALTY PAYMENTS AND     INTEREST.  THE U.S. ATTY'S OFFICE ISSUED DEMAND LETTERS TO   B & L.  EPA ASSISTANT RC MADE NUMBEROUR CALLS TO B & L'S     COUNSEL SEEKING PAYMENT.  ON 12/6/93, REGION II REFERRED THE MATTER TO U.S. ATTY FOR COLLECTION.  NO ACTION WAS EVER      FILED (DOCKET CASE NUMBER 02-88-0637 CIV. NO. 902287).            THE REGION RECENTLY LEARNED THAT B & L FILED FOR VOLUN- TARY BANKRUPTCY UNDER CHAPTER 7 ON FEB. 15, 1994 AND SENDS   BANKRUPTCY REFERRAL TO U.S. ATTY SDNJ ON 6/14/96.  EPA SEEKS THE FILING OF A CIVIL CLAIM W/ THE BNK CT. FOR THE RECOVERY  OF CIVIL PENALTIES PLUS THE STIPULATED PENALTIES & INTEREST  WHICH ACCRUED UP TO FEB. 15, 1994. THE DATE B & L FILED FOR  BANKRUPTCY.  THESE PENALTY CLAIMS ARE PRE-PETITION SINCE THE CD WAS ENTERED PRIOR TO B & L'S BANKRUPTCY PETITION.         *                                                            THE DEFENDANT B & L WAS A MARKETER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND    USED OIL BURNED FOR ENERGY RECOVERY UNTIL APPX. APRIL 1993,  WHEN B & L'S LANDLORD REFUSED TO RENEW B & L'S LEASE.              FACILITY NAME:  B & L CORP    

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