5/30/2014 - COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED.
ORDER STATES:
AT THE TIME OF EPA'S OCTOBER 30, 2012, INSPECTION OF UNOCAL'S FACILITY, THE FLIR CAMERA IDENTIFIED RELEASES OF AIR POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING VOC'S FROM A PRESSURE/VACUUM SAFETY VALVE LOCATED ON THE TOP OF TANK #33-701-A. DURING THE INSPECTION, EPA OBSERVED THROUGH THE FLIR CAMERA CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE VACUUM SIDE OF THE VALVE, AS WELL AS FROM THE PRESSURE SIDE OF THE VALVE. EPA OBSERVED CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS COMMING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE PRESS/VACUUM SAFETY VALVE SIMULTANEOUSLY. AT A MINIMUM, THESE RELEASES DEMONSTRATE THAT RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN AFFECTED FACILITY IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH GOOD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PRACTICES FOR MINIMIZING EMISSIONS AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING PERIODS OF STARTUP, SUTHODOWN, AND MALFUNCTION, AND IS IN VIOLATION FO SECTION 60.11(d) OF THE PROVISIONS.
THE RELEASES DESCRIBED ABOVE DEMONSTRATE THAT RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO OPERATE A VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM WHICH COLLECTS ALL VOC VAPORS AND GASES DISCHARGED FROM THE STORAGE VESSEL, AND A VAPOR RETURN OR DISPOSAL SYSTEM WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROCESS SUCH VOC VAPORS AND GASES SO AS TO REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS TO THE ATMOSPHERE BY AT LEAST 95 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 60.112a(a)(3).
ORDER REQUIRES:
WITHIN 15 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS ORDER, THE RESPONDENT SHALL OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE AFFECTED FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN A MANNER C