# A.H.-R.S. COAL CORP, IN RE
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9554`
- **Case Number:** 03-1982-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A.H. - R.S. COAL CORPORATION (complaint)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:   (SUPERFUND SITE)                          SINCE 1974, THE A.H.-R.S. COAL CORP HAS OWNED A PAR-    CEL OF LAND IN BRUIN, BUTLER CTY, PA, AT WHICH IT OPERAT-    ED A COAL WASHING FACILITY(BRUIN LAGOON). UNTIL 1978 A.H.    -R.S. USED A LAGOON AT THE SITE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF COAL     FINES FROM THE COAL WASHIMG FACILITY. THE LAGOON IS LOC-     ATED ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH BRANCH OF BEAR CREEK WHICH        FLOWS INTO THE ALLEGHENY RIVER.                                   THE LAGOON WAS CONST IN 1937 BY A FORMER OWNER, THE     ULTRA PENN REFINING CO. ULTRA PENN USED THE LAGOON FOR       THE DISPOSAL OF AT LEAST 2500,000 GALLONS OF WASTES IN-      CLUDING SULFURIC ACID SLUDGES, SULFONATES & CAUSTICS. AN-    OTHER FORMER OWNER BRUIN OIL CO, DEPOSITED 150,000 GAL'S     OF SPENT OIL FILTERING MATERIAL WHICH INCLUDED VARIOUS       HEAVY METALS DURING A PD FROM 1965 TO 1968.                       SINCE 1978, NO WASTES HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF IN THE      LAGOON. DUE TO THEIR PREDOMINANTLY LIQUID NATURE, THE        VARIOUS WASTES IN THE LAGOON HAVE EXTENSIVELY INTERMING-     LED. ANALYSIS OF SAMPLING CONDUCTED BY THE PA DEPT OF        ENVIRONMENTAL RESUORCES (DER) & A CONSULTANT INDICATE THE    PRESENCE OF MANY HAZ SUBSTANCES IN THE LAGOON. THESE IN-     CLUDE: MERCURY, LEAD, CYANIDE, COPPER, CHROMIUM, CADIUM &    BERLIUM.                                                          IN 1968, AN ESTIMATED 3,000 GAL'S OF WASTE, WHICH       WERE RELEASED FROM THE LAGOON, ENTERD 

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