EPA v. TAR CREEK
Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
Cost recovery
$1,273,000
Case summary
07/30/91: THE TAR CREEK SITE IS A FORMER LEAD AND ZINC MINING AREA COVERING APPROXIMATELY FORTY SQUARE MILES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. EPA FILED SUIT AGAINST SEVERAL COMPANIES AND IS SEEKING REPAYMENT OF PAST COSTS. THE CONSENT AGREEMENT CALLS FOR THE PAYMENT OF APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION IN PAST COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESPONSE ACTIONS CARRIED OUT BY EPA.
Defendants (22)
- ORVILLE MOORENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ROBERT J CONRAD, SRNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- SAM DRYERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ST. JOE MINERALS CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- TOM KISERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- ASARCO INCORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- AZCON CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- BARNEY WATERSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- BECK CO/BUSINESS TRUST FOR BECKNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- CHILDRESS ROYALTY CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- DEWEY S. SIMS ESTATENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- EAGLE PICHER INDUSTRIESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- GAROLD BROWNNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- HENRY EBYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- LTV JONES & LAUGHLIN CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- MINING CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- N L INDUSTRIES, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- O. K. TUCKERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- TRI-STATE ZINC, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- UNITED AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- W. A. BREWERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- YOUNGSTOWN SHEET & TUBE CONamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TAR CREEK (OTTAWA COUNTY)
MIAMI/PICHER/SURROUNDINGS, OTTAWA COUNTY, OK, 74339
Registry ID: 110009343610
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 107 — Superfund
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ASARCO, INC.entered 1991-06-11
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 1987-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1987-12-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1990-06-10Complaint Filed With Court
- 1991-06-11Final Order Lodged
- 1991-06-11Final Order Entered
- 1991-06-11Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 34241
- Case number
- 06-1987-0213
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Superfund
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1987-0213 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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