# SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54881`
- **Case Number:** 10-1993-0300
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $58K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON JANUARY 27, 1993, A SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT TRAIN        DERAILED.  FOUR  HELPER  LOCOMOTIVES WERE THROWN FROM THE    TRACKS.  THE SADDLE TANKS OF THREE LOCOMOTIVES SPILLED A     TOTAL OF 6100 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL INTO YONCALLA CREEK AND ADJOINING WETLANDS.  THE SPILL ENDANGERED THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY OF NEARBY YONCALLA, OREGON.  SEVERAL SPECIES THAT THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSIDERS TO BE CANDIDATES FOR        LISTING UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LIVE IN THIS        HABITAT.  THE OIL POLLUTION FUND WAS OPENED TO FINANCE THE   RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION EFFORT UNDERTAKEN FOR ONE SUCH   SPECIES, THE WESTERN POND TURTLE.

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