United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region VI
POLLUTION REPORT

Subject: 

The Tropicana Energy Company, Inc. Site (hereinafter the "Site") is an abandoned fuel blending facility.  The Site has been used for various petroleum refining and storage operations since approximately 1934.  This Site and the adjacent R&H Oil Company, Inc. (hereinafter "R&H") Site share common historical owner/operator(s) and as such may also share in a portion of the environmental contamination located on the two sites.  The Site consists of 11 Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs) and associated piping, and 27 drums.  The key problem areas of the Site include the hazardous substances in the drums, residual materials in the tanks and piping, potential soil contamination, and free product on the shallow ground water.

As of October 10, EPA and its contractors have completed the removal action.  The EPA completed the planned removal actions described below.  In addition, the EPA removed an underground storage tank that contained gasoline contaminated water.  The EPA is currently in the process of completing the review of cost information for the purpose of closing out the removal action.

The planned removal activities for the Site included the removal/disposal of materials in tanks, piping, equipment, and other containers; demolition of tanks, piping, and equipment; and, removal/disposal of visibly contaminated soils.

The completion of the final removal closeout of this project.

The removal action that was conducted on this Site did not address the extensive subsurface soil contamination or the groundwater contamination associated with this Site.  This Site and the R&H Site were proposed to the NPL in June 2001 for the purpose of conducting a Remedial Investigation /Feasibility Study (RI/FS) and if necessary a Remedial Action (RA). The EPA is continuing its search for Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) to conduct those necessary actions.