Project:
Service Station
Bottom Line: Supported client during mediation and successfully argued for reduced settlement costs.
Summary of Project
The site was a former automobile service station with soil and groundwater contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons. A redevelopment agency developed the property for residential use and sued the former property owner for cleanup costs under the Polanco Redevelopment Act. The owner retained Orion to provide the following technical services and litigation support:
- Reviewed plaintiff’s planned remediation strategy and developed a more-cost effective approach with a more aggressive schedule.
- Evaluated plaintiff’s cost claims and prepared a separate cleanup cost estimate.
- Prepared technical documents to counter the plaintiff’s documents including a remedial action plan and feasibility study that complied with the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan and the DTSC Remedial Action Plan Policy.
- Participated in a mediation and supported client and client’s attorneys.
- Provided technical arguments that reduced plaintiff’s settlement costs by 33 percent.