The Inspector issued the facility Field Citation II-UST-FC-490, in the amount of $2,350, for the following violations: 40 CFR 280.21(b): failure to meet all tank upgrade standards; 280.40(a): failure to provide adequate release detection method; 280.70(c): failure to permanently close temporarily closed UST systems after 12 months; 280.70(b): failure to comply with UST temporary closure requirements for 3 or more months; and 280.93(a): failure to comply with financial responsibility requirements.
The facility owners did not have the financial means to come into compliance with the Field Citation. They applied for, and were awarded, a NJDEP UST Hardship Grant. It took almost three years for the facility owners to come into compliance and remove the four bare steel tanks. The delay was due to the lengthy application process, the extensive (and on-going) remedial investigation and corrective action conducted at the site, and the delays inherent in obtaining the grant monies from the NJDEP and the NJ Economic Development Authority.
The facility's contractor issued the closure report for the UST removals in August 2005. While all additional work regarding the remedial investigation and corrective action at the site will be handled by the NJDEP Site Remediation Program, the facility has met all of the requirements for closing-out this Field Citation.
Please note that since this facility was inspected in September 2002 (prior to the time when UST inspections were