EPA v. EQUILON ENTERPRISE LLC

Case summary

ON MAY 27, 1999, U.S. EPA REGION 5 ISSUED A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER RCRA SECTION 7003(A), 42 U.S.C 6973 (A), TO EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC, FOR MIGRATORY BIRD MORTALITIES DUE TO EXPOSURE TO OILY WASTE AT SEVERAL AREAS WITHIN THE WOOD RIVER, ILLINOLIS REFINERY. THE ORDER RE- QUIRES EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC, TO PERMANENTLY AND CON- TINUOUSLY ELIMINATE EXPOSURE OF MIGRATORY BIRDS TO SOLID WASTE AT AREAS KNOWN AS SITE 15, THE ASPHALT DISPOSAL AREA, AND THE SOUTHWEST PROPERTY. ON NOVEMBER 6, 1996, U.S. EPA REGION 5 ISSUED A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER RCRA SECTION 7003(A) TO SHELL OIL COMPANY AND SHELL WOOD RIVER REFINING COMPANY REGARDING THE WOOD RIVER REFINERY. IN LATE 1998, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE CONTACTED U.S. EPA REGION 5 REGARDING AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF THE REFINERY WHERE MIGRATORY BIRDS WERE EXPOSED TO OILY WASTES, AS WELL AS AN AREA THAT HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 1996 ORDER. EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC, HAS WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH U.S. EPA REGION 5 TO ADDRESS THE AREAS OF CONCERN.

Defendants (1)

• EQUILON ENTERPRISE, LLC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CONOCO PHILLIPS WOOD RIVER REFINERY

  900 S. CENTRAL AVE., ROXANA, IL, 62084

  Registry ID: 110041962873

Statutes cited

• RCRA 7003A — Res Conserv & Rec Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EQUILON ENTERPRISE LLCentered 1999-05-27

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 1999-05-27Final Order Issued
• 1999-06-09Enforcement Action Data Entered