# Abbott Mine
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2007 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `600018961`
- **Case Number:** 09-2007-0002
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- El Paso Merchant Energy Petroleum Company (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

This Unilateral Administrative Order is issued pursuant to CERCLA Section 106 against El Paso Merchant Energy Petroleum Company. The Order requires El Paso to conduct a removal action at the Abbott Mine and Turkey Mine site to reduce inflow of mercury from nearby tailings and ore piles in order to protect the Cache Creek watershed.

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