EPA v. LENZ OIL SERVICE, INC.

Case summary

THIS IS AN EARLY-OUT (PRE-ROD) CASH-OUT DE MINIMIS ADMINI- STRATIVE SETTLEMENT WITH 619 PARTIES FOR PAST AND ANTICI- PATED FUTURE COSTS RELATED TO THE SITE. THE SITE OPERATED AS A WASTE OIL AND SOLVENT RECYCLING FACILITY FROM APPROXI- MATELY 1961 UNTIL OCTOBER 1985. DURING ITS OPERATIONS, OILS AND SOLVENTS WERE RELEASED ONTO THE SOILS OF THE FACILITY THROUGH CINDER-LINED SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS, AND LEAKS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES, TANKS AND OTHER CONTAINERS. BETWEEN 1985 AND 1988, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT THE LENZ FACILITY (DEFINED AS THE PROPERTY OWNED BY LENZ), INCINERATING CONTAMINATED SOILS AND DECONTAMINA- TING EQUIPMENT. ILLINOIS NOMINATED THE SITE FOR THE NPL IN 1988 DUE TO SUB-SURFACE LNAPL CONTAMINATION WHICH HAD MIGRA- TED OFF OF THEFACILITY PROPERTY. ILLINOIS ENTERED INTO FOUR STATE CONSENT DECREES WITH APPROXIMATELY 220 PRPS BETWEEN 1988 AND 1992, RECOVERING APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION OF THE APPROXIMATELY $9 MILLION IN ITS COST RELATED TO THE SITE.

Defendants (1)

• LENZ OIL SERVICE, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LENZ OIL SERVICE INC

  RTE 83 & JEANS RD, LEMONT, IL, 60439

  Registry ID: 110018131537

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 107 — Superfund

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LENZ OIL SERVICE, INC.entered 1998-09-30

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 1998-09-30Final Order Issued
• 1999-02-22Enforcement Action Data Entered