QUAKER STATE OIL REFINING CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

Civ. A. No. 87-55 ERIE.

671 F.Supp. 1042 (1987)

QUAKER STATE OIL REFINING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

October 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean A. Calland, Chester R. Babst, III, George E. Yokitis, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Craig R. McKay, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Lawrence E. Blatnik, Atty., Environmental Defense Section, Land and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Jed Callen, Asst. Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — Region III, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.

On July 2, 1985, the Coast Guard and the EPA inspected an abandoned well site with a containment pit holding waste water and oil. The Coast guard alleges that oil was leaking from the pit into Pine Run.

The Coast Guard then proceeded to contain and remove the contents of the pit at a cost of over $430,000. After the work was completed the Coast Guard notified...

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