This property has a documented history as a gasoline service station predating 1986. Historical insurance policies issued during operations at this property and through 1986 could recover the cleanup costs already paid.
This property operates as an active retail gasoline station at 10013 Shoultes Road in Marysville, with three underground storage tanks in a common tank pit and a dispenser island. Gasoline-range petroleum hydrocarbons and lead were detected in soil and groundwater, prompting cleanup under the Voluntary Cleanup Program from 1997 through 2009. Remediation included soil vapor extraction, air sparging, and multi-year groundwater performance monitoring, ultimately achieving No Further Action status. That history could support an insurance cost recovery claim against carriers who issued insurance policies 40+ years ago.
Why Historical Insurance Policies May Be Accessible
Pre-1986 Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies were occurrence-based and did not contain an effective pollution exclusion in Washington. If contamination occurred while those policies were active, those historical insurance carriers may still have a legal obligation to fund the cleanup costs, even if the business closed or the property changed hands.
The presence of lead contamination at this gasoline station points to releases of leaded gasoline — a product phased out well before 1986, when occurrence-based Commercial General Liability policies still carried no effective pollution exclusion in Washington. Over a decade of documented remediation costs — vapor extraction, air sparging, and long-term monitoring — were incurred to address contamination tied to those historical operations. CGL carriers on the risk during the period when leaded gasoline was stored and dispensed here may still be obligated to cover those cleanup expenditures.
Restorical's role is to locate viable historical policies, determine whether a successful cost recovery claim is possible, and assist our clients and their legal counsel to obtain insurance coverage for costs already incurred. Restorical's forensic accounting team works to re-establish and document past cleanup expenditures, ensuring the strongest possible basis for recovery.
Recovering Costs from an Older Cleanup
If this site reached No Further Action years ago, the original cleanup expenditures may be difficult to reconstruct. Restorical's forensic accounting team specializes in re-establishing and documenting past cleanup costs — even decades later — to build the strongest possible basis for an insurance recovery claim.
What We Look For
- Historical insurance policies (pre-1986)
- Policy numbers, carrier names, and coverage periods
- Connection between contamination timing and policy period
- Evidence linking cleanup obligation to insured activity
What We Deliver
- Historical Coverage Chart
- Trigger Analysis & Property/Policy Nexus
- Coverage strategy with recommendations
- Insurance funding for your remediation
- Claims Management & Forensic Accounting
The Restorical Proven Process
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