ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman earlier this month announced a $10.75 million settlement with Exxon Mobil Corp. to reimburse the New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund (Oil Spill Fund) for oil spill cleanup and petroleum contamination removal costs at eight locations across the state.
The settlement reimburses the Oil Spill Fund for all of its costs with interest for the eight sites.
ExxonMobil and ExxonMobil Oil Corp., individually and as successors-in-interest to Mobil Oil Corp. and Mobil Corp., operated the sites of the spills as gas stations, some as early as the 1930s.
The eight sites included in the settlement are Hilltop Service Station in Mahopac (Putnam County); Joe’s Country Convenience Store in Campbell Hall (Orange County); Raceway Exxon in Monticello (Sullivan County); Courtney George Service Station in Albany (Albany County); Zanella’s Market Hill Service in Amsterdam (Montgomery County); Harry’s Service Station in Jordan (Onondaga County); Scio Mini Mart in Scio (Allegany County); and Boller’s Auto Sales in West Seneca (Erie County).
According to the agreement, ExxonMobil will also assume all future remediation activities at four of the eight sites where the cleanup efforts are ongoing or reimburse the Oil Spill Fund for any additional remediation expenses incurred.
“This settlement transfers the responsibility of eight oil spill cleanups from taxpayers to the spiller, where it belongs,” said DiNapoli.
“Oil spills are costly and dangerous to our communities,” said Schneiderman. “This settlement ensures that the state will not be forced to foot the bill to clean up hazardous oil spills that must be cleaned up to keep our families safe.”
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