• BRIO REFINING, INC., HARRIS County, TX

Stage of Clean-up: Construction Underway

Conditions at proposal (October 15, l984): The Brio Refining, Inc., Site is an abandoned refinery at 2501 Dixie Farm Road in Harris County south of Houston near Friendswood, Texas. The area is heavily populated. A housing development borders the site on the north. The site consists of approximately 12 closed pits on 50 acres of land. Tanks and processing facilities remain on a portion of the site. The facility was operated from the late l950s to December l982. Earlier operations carried out at the site included COPPER catalyst regeneration, OIL blending and refining, and hydrocarbon (STYRENE) cracking. Previous owners or operators of the facility have included Hard Lowe Chemical, Lowe Chemical, Phoenix Chemical, JOC OIL Aromatics, and Friendswood Refining. Spills have entered nearby Mud Gulley and subsequently, via Clear Creek, Galveston Bay.  More...

Sources of Contamination:

• Lagoon disposal
• Recycling (Other than primary operation)
• Storage - raw material
• Waste tank - above ground

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
1,2-DICHLOROETHANE			X
BENZENE			X
COPPER					X
COPPER COMPOUNDS					X
CUPRIC CHLORIDE	X	X
CUPRIC HYDROXIDE					X
CYCLOHEXANE			X
ETHYLBENZENE					X
FLUORENE					X
N-HEXANE			X
N-NITROSO-N-METHYLURETHANE					X
STYRENE					X
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE			X
TOLUENE			X
VINYL CHLORIDE					X
XYLENE (MIXED ISOMERS)			X

Groundwater and Drinking Water
Were drinking water wells shut down due to contamination?	No
Are drinking water wells potentially threatened?	No data
Aquifer discharges into:	A drinking water aquifer
Population served by water wells in the aquifer:	0

List ground water uses.

EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for BRIO REFINING, INC.:

Less Hazard

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More Hazard

0%					50%					100%

Overall site:

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*Note: EPA's Hazard Ranking System is designed to screen and prioritize sites for the Superfund program, based on limited data available at time of listing. These scores are not based on a comprehensive risk assessment of the site and do not reflect conditions after initiation of cleanup work.

Number of PRPs currently associated with this site:	78
Hazardous waste received from off-site generators/transporters?	Yes
Number of past and present PRPs who contributed less than 1% of the waste:	2 - 10
Number of owners/operators which are also municipalities:	0

EPA Site Information

• NPL Fact Sheet
• Government Accounting Office (GAO) assessment
• Record of Decision (ROD) Abstracts
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Public Health Assessment
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Public Health Assessment
• NPL Site 5 Year Reviews
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Hazardous Waste Site Information
• Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query Form

Scorecard reports for HARRIS County on:

• Potential Sources of Land Contamination
• Criteria Air Pollutants
• Hazardous Air Pollutants