# BAYONNE PROPERTIES INC ET AL
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Default Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `6242`
- **Case Number:** 02-1997-0339
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Default Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $342K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BAYONNE PROPERTIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- STANDARD MARINE SERVICES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- STANDARD TANK CLEANING CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- STANDARD TANK SERVICES INC
## Summary

THIS IS A REFERRAL FOR RECOVERY OF COSTS INCURRED PURSUANT   TO CERCLA DURING A REMOVAL ACTION AT THE STANDARD TANK       CLEANING CORPORATION SUPERFUND SITE ( SITE ) IN BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.  THE REMOVAL ACTION CONSISTED OF THE TRANSPORTATION  AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WHICH WERE IMPROPERLY   STORED AT THE SITE AS PART OF THE TANK AND BARGE CLEANING    OPERATIONS WHICH HAD BEEN ONGOING AT THE SITE.  THIS REMOVAL ACTION OCCURRED FROM 4/94 TO 1/95, IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN    OIL SPILL CLEANUP BEING PERFORMED AT THE FACILITY BY EPA     PURSUANT TO OPA, AT THE REQUEST OF THE USCG, AS THE RESULT   OF A RULING FROM THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF    NEW JERSEY.                                                  EPA SEEKS TO RECOVER ITS COSTS FROM THE BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF STANDARD TANK CLEANING CORPORATION (A SITE OPERATOR);        BAYONNE PROPERTIES, INC. (THE SITE OWNER); AND STANDARD      MARINE SERVICES, INC. (THE PARENT CORPORATION OF STCC & BPI) **                                                           THIS IS ALSO A REFERRAL FOR CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST SMS AND  BPI PURSUANT TO SECTION 104(E)OF CERCLA., FOR FAILING TO     COMPLY WITH INFORMATION REQUESTS ISSUED BY EPA AS A RESULT   OF THE REMOVAL ACTION.                                       FACILITY: STANDARD TANK CLEANING CORPORATION                           1 INGHAM AVE, BAYONNE, NJ 07002                    ***                                                          09/26/97 - REFERRAL TO DOJ          

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