ELR Citation: ELR 21335
No(s). 91-16575 (9th Cir. Aug 11, 1993)

The court holds that chrysene found in crude oil tank bottoms does not fall within the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) §101(14) exclusion of petroleum from the definition of hazardous substance, and that the oil company that dumped the crude oil tank b...