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### INDIAN REFINERY-TEXACO LAWRENCEVILLE

EPA ID# ILD042671248 Last Updated: March, 2009


### Site Description The approximately 990-acre site is located sout h of the city of Lawrenceville in Lawrence County, Illinois. The site is approximately 1.5 miles south of U.S. Route 50 on Illinois State Highway 1 which bisects the site. The site was op erated by various owners as a refinery from the early 1900s until 1995. American Western Refining , L.P. (AWR-LP) is the current owner of the site, except for the Land Treatment Unit (LTU ), located south of the B & O railroad tracks and west of State Highway 1, and the Indian Ac res disposal area, located north of the B & O railroad tracks and east of State Highway 1. Both of these properties are owned by Indian Refining Company (IRC), a wholly owned subsidiary of AWR-LP.

Residences, businesses, farms, and natural areas surround the site. Approximately 4,900 people are supplied with drinking water fr om municipal wells, serving the city of Lawrenceville. People living in the Kirkwood Subdivision and in scattered housing near the site use private wells for drinking water.

Site Cleanup History

In 1983 and 1984, U.S. EPA conducted a Co mprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CER CLA) Preliminary Assessment and Screening Site Inspection (PA/SI), resp ectively. In 1985, Texaco conduc ted an investigation of the Indian Acres property which reveal ed that the area was a waste di sposal area for lube oil acid sludge and lube oil filter cake sludge. These wastes are highly acidic and have an extremely low pH.

In 1986, the Illinois Environmental Protection Ag ency (IEPA) conducted a preliminary review and visual site inspection pursuant to the Re source Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (RCRA) at the refi nery, identifying 33 solid waste management units (SWMUs). This action eventually led to the May 1992 Co nsent Decree between IEPA and IRC, in which IRC agreed to conduct investigations of the 33 SWMUs.

IEPA placed the Indian Acres and B & O Pond un der a Seal Order in June 1996, which the city of Lawrenceville violated in 1997, in order to put in place a new section of storm sewer to relieve flooding in the southern portion of city.

In November 1996, IEPA approved the Phase I Wo rkplan for work to be completed under the 1992 Consent Decree. Indian Refi ning Company submitted an incomplete report in June 1997 for the Phase I and Supplemental Workplans' investigations.

In October 1996, U.S. EPA responded to IEPA's concerns for an immediate removal action at U.S. EPA REGION 5 LAWRENCE COUNTY

LAWRENCEVILLE

Congressional District # 15 

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12/23/2009 http ://www.e p a. g ov/re g ion5su p erfund/n p l/illinois/ILD042671248.htmthe Hickory Street and Fourth Street proper ties. U.S. EPA provided oversight as IRC completed a partial removal at both properties. U.S. EPA returned in October 1997 to complete the removal action atthe Fourth Street property.

In June 1997, the US Fish and Wildlife Serv ice discovered an ongoing oil release and an associated contaminated area on the southern part of the refine ry property near the Refinery Tank 572 area. IEPA and U.S. EPA conducted a CE RCLA PA/SI at the refinery that confirmed that subsurface oil product, floating on th e groundwater, was rele asing through several discharge points into wetlands beyond the refi nery fence line. The wetlands, impacted by the oil release, are hydraulically co nnected to the Embarras River. Most of the vegetation in the wooded wetlands area, impacted by the oil re lease, had been killed. Samples revealed the presence of benzene, tolu ene, xylene, methylnaphthal ene, naphthalene, 1,3,5- trimethylbenzene, and total petr oleum hydrocarbons. Because American Western Refining did not have sufficient funds available to respond to the requirements as outlined by U.S. EPA, U.S. EPA mobilized and began cleanup and other removal activities at the site.

Removal cleanup activities, conducted by U.S. EPA, included a number of actions:

construction of collection pits in the oil seep area to capture the oil discharge, pumping oil and water from collection pits to a refinery-owned and operated onsite oil water separator removal of oil-soaked, contaminated soils, placing them in one of three onsite biocells, installation of a 760-foot interceptor trench (18 feet deep into a river sand substrate) with a gravity fed collection sump.

The collected oil and water from the interceptor trench is then pumped through a buried fourinch PVC pipe to the refinery-owned and oper ated collection system and onsite oil water separator and treatment facility, where the removal related effluent is treated and subsequently discharged into the Embarrass Rive r pursuant to the NPDES permit program.

Approximately 10,300 cubic yards of contaminated soils were excavated from the seep area. The oil-contaminated soils were excavated, st ockpiled, and placed within three onsite biotreatment areas designated: bio-cell PCU, bio- cell 978, and bio-cell 981. U.S. EPA completed the construction phase of the removal action and demobilized from the site in January 1998.

Demolition of aboveground assets began in Ju ne 1998, by a limited partnership formed as AWR, Acquisitions with a demolition schedule through November 2000. The limited partnership was formed by Clark Oil Trad ing Company (ACOTC) and Blastco Services.

In June 1999, U.S. EPA, IEPA, and Texaco Inc. (Texaco) entered into an administrative order on consent (AOC) to perform residential area investigations, an EE /CA, and a sitewide remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS).

In June 2000, Refinery Services took over demolit ion activities from AWR, Acquisitions due to the bankruptcy of Blastco Services, a major pa rtner with Clark Oil Trading Company in the formation of AWR, Acquisitions. Refinery Servic es was formed primarily from COTC. Refinery Services has maintained the same manpower as AWR, Acquisitions. However, they have added several more pieces of heavy machiner y (cutting shears, front-end loader, and a 80- foot man-lift), which has sped up their operat ions. COTC removed thei r personnel in June 2003, prior to completing all required cleanup, demolition, and repair activities as required under the three-party agreement. During a meeting in December 2003, COTC agreed to return to the site and finish. 

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12/23/2009 http ://www.e p a. g ov/re g ion5su p erfund/n p l/illinois/ILD042671248.htmIn September 2000, U.S. EPA asked IEPA to take over all work at the site under a separate agreement with Texaco, to be considered for signature by December 15, 2000. IEPA accepted this request and completed negotiations with Texaco with signature by December 8, 2000, on a consent decree (CD). The CD was ex ecuted in court on October 1, 2001. Since September 2000, IEPA has taken lead oversight re sponsibilities for all activities ongoing at the site.



### Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal, state, municipal, and potentially responsible parties' action



### Threats and Contaminants Some sampling has been conducted at the site under a May 1992 agreement between the State of Illinois and the Indian Refining Compan y. Additional sampling has been conducted in limited areas to address specific releases.

In October 1996, U.S. EPA assessed the immediate threats posed by hazardous substances to human health and the enviro nment and to document whethe r hazardous substances that were disposed of at the Indian Acres area have migrated offsite into the adjacent residential area. The waste found in the residential area ha d a low pH and contained elevated levels of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons and metals. Ad ditional sampling conducted in early 1999 revealed that the waste was more wi despread in the residential area.

In June 1997, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service disco vered an ongoing oil release and associated contaminated area on the southe rn part of the property near the refinery's Tank 572 area. An assessment of the release confirmed that a subsurface oil product, floating on groundwater, was releasing through several discharge points into wetlands beyond the refinery fence line. The wetlands, im pacted by the oil rele ase, are hydraulically connected to the Embarras River. Most of th e vegetation in the w ooded wetlands area, impacted by the oil release, had been killed. Sa mples of the oil being re leased at the Release Site, taken during the site assessment, revealed the presence of benzene, toluene, xylene, methyl naphthalene, naphthalene, trimethy lbenzene 1, 3, 5, and total petroleum hydrocarbons.

During the demolition of the site in early 1999, acidic and caustic wastes, containing phenol and cresols, were hauled from the site to th e city of Lawrenceville's waste water treatment plant and excess flow lagoon. Th e resulting fumes and odors caused respiratory problems in nearby residents and caused sewers to back up into the residents' homes.



### Cleanup Progress In 1996, U.S. EPA entered into an agreement wi th Texaco to remove the waste found in one block of the residential area north of the site . U.S. EPA is currently collecting additional information since the waste appears to be isolated.

This site is being addressed in two stages: i mmediate actions and long-term actions, focusing on cleanup of the entire site. From June 1997 to January 1998, U.S. EPA removed the oil and contaminated sediment from the wetland near Tank 572 and installed a collection system to 

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12/23/2009 http ://www.e p a. g ov/re g ion5su p erfund/n p l/illinois/ILD042671248.htmcontain the discharge of oil and contaminated groundwater. In March 1999, U.S. EPA entered into an agreement with American Western Refi ning, LP for maintenance of the collection system, treatment of the contaminated sedi ments, and related activities. Under an agreement between U.S. EPA, IEPA, and Ameri can Western Refining, LP the aboveground tanks and other structures at the refinery are being dismantled. Most of the scrap material from this effort is being recycled. IEPA provides daily oversight of the aboveground demolition of the site.

In October 1998, U.S. EPA issued special notice letters to the potentially responsible parties to begin negotiating an agreement to investig ate the site and propos e cleanup alternatives. These negotiations resulted in the signing of an administra tive order on consent between Texaco, U.S. EPA, and IEPA. Te xaco and IEPA are currently negotiating an agreement to allow IEPA to take the lead on oversight of th e remedial investigation and feasibility study.

In September 1999, U.S. EPA issued an order to the city of Lawrenceville to stop an ongoing oil release to the Embarras River and the fume s and odors from the city's lagoon. In early 2000, U.S. EPA prompted Blastco to clean up a large acid spill at the site.

Demolition of the refinery pr ogressed under Refinery Services with IEPA oversight. The demolition activity is near completion and is expected to conclude by July 2004. COTC and IEPA are in discussion on fi nal activity requirements.

ChevronTexaco implemented RI/FS work under the two party CD in November 2001. The sampling schedule was accelerated to includ e soil sampling work, or iginally scheduled through June 2003. A line of 240 temporary grou ndwater borings' points taken in November and December 2001 helped determine the instal lation of 27 permanent monitor wells, circling the Land Treatment Unit, Tanks' Farms A, B, C, D, and E, Main Process Area, Heliport Disposal Area, Slime Sludge Disposal Area and the Water Treatment Facility.
A Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRD A) Funding Agreement between state and federal natural resource trustees (Trustees) and ChevronTexaco was completed in December 2004. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv ice (US FWS) provided funding for their NRDA program to perform a pre-assessment screen (P AS) with review and comment from the state trustees, IEPA and the Illinois DNR. The PAS was completed in early 2006.

The city of Lawrenceville completed prelimin ary sampling along portions of a storm sewer line, placed through an area of the refinery, which was under a Seal Order by Illinois EPA in compliance with a Clean Water Act Administra tive Order from U.S. EPA. The city of Lawrenceville installed a new storm sewer line around the northern perimeter of the site. Work had been delayed due to the presence of hydrocarbon contamination found in two locations. The City's consultants, ChevronTex aco's consultants, and the agencies reached consensus on contamination re moval and storm sewer construction requirements that allowed the completion of the new line in July 2005. Additional investigation of these areas was placed under the jurisdiction of the Remedial Investigation.

The Draft Remedial Investigation Report was to have been submitted for Illinois EPA review during 2007, but is was delayed due to proble ms in characterizing soils in areas with abandoned underground piping. An Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis was completed in August 2007 and underground piping removal began shortly thereafter and continued through 2008 and 2009. The RI is now expected to be completed in late 2009. A Draft Feasibility Study is expected approximately one year later. 

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### Contacts Remedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA Owen Thompson (thompson.owen@epa.gov) (312) 886-4843
Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. EPA Yolanda Bouchee (312) 353-3209



### Aliases
AMERICAN WESTERN REFINING TEXACO INC TEXACO USA DIV INDIAN REFINERY - TEXACO LAWRENCEVILLE TEXACO INC LAWRENCEVILLE REF



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