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KEWA GAS, LTD.

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 39254

$400
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0590
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. KEWA GAS, LTD. FACILITY: KEWA GAS, LTD. SANTO DOMINGO BULK PLANT HIGHWAY 25 AND NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 22 SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87052 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY 1) INADEQUATE OR NO PREDICTION OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE WHICH COULD RESULT IN DISCHARGES, 2) PLAN HAS INADEQUATE OR NO DISCUSSION OF FACILITY CAR AND TRUCK LOADING/UNLOADING RACK, 3) FACILITY NOT FULLY FENCED AND ENTRANCE GATES ARE NOT LOCKED AND/OR GUARDED WHEN PLANT IS UNATTENDED OR NOT IN PRODUCTION, 4) FACILITY LIGHTING NOT COMMENSURATE WITH THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF FACILITY TO FACILITATE THE DIS- COVERY OF SPILLS DURING HOURS OF DARKNESS AND TO DETER VANDALISM, AND 5) PLAN HAS INADEQUATE OR NO DISCUSSION OF FACILITY SECURITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $400 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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