EPA v. COMMERCIAL OIL

Case summary

BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE COMMERCIAL OIL SERVICE, INC. (COMMERCIAL OIL), AN OHIO CORPORATION, OWNS AND OPERATES A FACILITY IN OREGON, OHIO, WHICH HANDLES WASTE OIL AND RE-REFINES SOLVENTS. COMMER- CIAL OIL HAS VIOLATED SECTION 6(E) OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. SECTION 2605(E), BY STORING OIL CONTAMINATED WITH POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCB) IN AN OPEN LAGOON AT ITS FACILITY. THE STORAGE IN THE LAGOON DOES NOT SATISFY THE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 76 1.65(B). THE OHIO EPA FIRST DISCOVERED THE PCB CONTAMINA- TION IN THE LAGOON IN SEPTEMBER 1983, BUT COMMERCIAL OIL HAS NOT ACTED TO REMEDY THE VIOLATION. A JUDICIAL ORDER IS NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT THESE PCB'S ARE REMOVED AND PROPERLY DISPOSED. SEE 11/29/84 MEMO FOR NEWLY DISCOVERED FACTS AND, THERE- FORE, MORE EASILY PROVED VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING UNLAWFUL PROCESSING. MAGNITUDE OF CLEANUP IS NOT 10,000 GALLONS AS PREVIOUSLY SUPPOSED, BUT 4 MILLION. <<PER JACK WINDER'S REQUEST, CASE TRANSFERRED FROM THE HAZARDOUS TO THE PESTICIDES DOCKET: 6/11/87>>

Defendants (1)

• COMMERCIAL OIL SERVICE, INC.Named in complaint

Facilities (1)

• COMMERCIAL OIL SERVICE INC(SITE)

  3600 CEDAR POINT RD, OREGON, OH, 43616

  Registry ID: 110001619302

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1984-09-28Referred To Headquarters
• 1985-01-02Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1985-07-01Complaint Filed With Court
• 1987-09-11Concluded
• 1987-09-11Enforcement Action Closed