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*** Final Site *** Decem ber 2013



### WILCOX OIL CO MPAN Y C re ek Co unt y , O k la homa

Cr eek County

 **Site Lo**  **cat ion:** 

W il cox Oil Company (W il cox) in cludes the in ac tive and abandoned Lo rra ine and W il c ox oil ref in er ies lo ca ted in

C ree k County, Okl ahoma. The site is lo ca te d wit hin c ommuting distance to Tuls a.

 **Site Hi**  **st or**  **y:**

The site consists of the former Lorra in e /W il cox R ef in er y l o ca ted in C ree k County, Ok lahoma. The prop er t y wa s

utili zed by two dif fe rent ref in eries with ov er lapping boundaries fr om 1915 to 1965. W il cox op er ated as a crude oil

ref in ery fr om the 1920s until 1963. A skimming and cr ac king plant was constructed in 1929. The ma in components of

the plant consisted of a skimming plant, cra cking unit and re

- distill a tion ba tt ery with vapor recover y sy st em and

t rea tm ent equipme nt. W il cox expanded wh en it ac qui re d the Lo rra ine R ef iner y in 1937, which was lo ca ted adja ce nt to

W il cox. The two r ef in er ies compr ise 125 a cre s. The site in cludes re mn ants of former oil ref i ning op era tions and ta nk

far ms. Cu rre ntly th ere are six re sid ents living on- sit e, home s ar e lo cated in area s of former wa ste op era tions.

 **Si te**  **Con ta**  **min atio**  **n/Con ta**  **min ants:** 

W il cox site sou rce s in clude conta min ated soil, cooling ponds and num er ous tank bottoms. Haz ar dous substan ce s

in clude polycyc lic aroma tic hydro car bons (P AHs) and metals, pr im ar ily lead.

 **Potential Im**  **p ac**  **ts on**  **S urrounding Communi**  **ty/Env iron**  **ment:**

Cu rre ntly, a chu rc h and six re sid ents ar e lo ca ted within the former ref iner y bound ar ie s, ha lf of whi ch util ize ground

water fr om pr iv a te we lls. Int er mitt ent st rea ms dra in the sou rce ar ea s and flow to Sand Cr ee k. A re lea se of copp er , l ead

and P AHs has been documented to the w e tl ands of Sand C ree k. Sand C ree k f lows to L ittle Deep Fork Creek fr om

whi ch fish ar e ca ught for human consumption.

 **R es**  **pon se Activities**  **(t o d**  **ate):**

No formal re sponse ac ti viti es have b ee n conducted. Multiple sampling events have b ee n conducted b y the Okl ahoma

Dep ar tm ent of Environmental Qu a li ty at the re que st of the EPA Region 6. P re limin ar y Ass e ssm ent (PA), S ite

Inve stig ation (SI) and Expanded S ite Inve st iga tion (ESI) have b ee n p erf ormed at both fac iliti e s.

 **N ee**  **d f**  **or NP**  **L Li sti**  **ng:**

The st a te of Okl ahoma refe r re d the site to the EPA b eca use the potentiall y responsible p ar t y w ould not volunt ar il y

add re ss site conta min ation. Oth er fe d era l and st a te cleanup prog ra ms were eva lu ated, but are not viable at this tim e

. The EP A re ce iv ed a le tt er of suppor t for placing this site on the NPL fr om the st a te of Okl ahoma.

[The descrip ti on of the s ite (r ele as e) is ba s ed on informa ti on ava il ab le at the time the s it e was ev al ua ted wi th the HRS. The descrip ti on m ay

c hang e as a dd iti ona l informa ti o n is ga ther ed on the s ou r ces an d exte nt of c on ta mi na ti on . S ee 56 FR 5 60 0, Feb ru ar y 11, 19 91, or s ub se qu en t

FR no tice s.]

Fo r more infor ma ti on about the haza r dou s s ub st an ce s iden ti fied in th is narra ti ve summary, incl ud in g ge neral informa ti on r egar ding the effec ts of ex po sure to

the se s ub st an ce s on human h ea lt h, pl ea se see the A ge ncy for Tox ic Sub st an ce s and Dis ea se R eg ist ry (ATS DR) ToxFAQ s. ATS DR ToxF AQs ca n be f ou nd o n

th e I nternet a t http:/ /ww w .a ts d r.cdc.gov /t oxfaq s/i nd ex .a sp or by tele ph on e at 1-888-42-ATS DR or 1- 88 8-4 22 -87 37.