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Administrative - Formal · FY2008 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1400015421

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Case

Case Number
04-2008-5142
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

10/14/08 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $10,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON JULY 12, 2007, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 3,500 GALLONS OF OIL (CORN OIL) FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON LAKE MCKELLAR AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE RELEASE WAS CAUSED WHEN A RAILCAR CONTAINING CORN OIL WAS MOVED BY THE RESPONDENT DURING THE UNLOADING PROCESS, BREAKING THE UNLOADING HOSE AND ALLOWING THE CORN OIL TO BE RELEASED ON THE SURROUNDING AREA AND CONVEYED THROUGH A STORM-WATER DRAINAGE VALVE THAT DISCHARGES TO LAKE MCKELLAR. THE RESPONDENT SHUT OFF THE VALVE UPON DISCOVER OF THE RELEASE ALLOWING MUCH OF THE RELEASE TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. HOWEVER, APPROX 3,500 GALLONS OF CORN OIL WAS DISCHARGED OUT OF THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT AND INTO LAKE MCKELLAR AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES.

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