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UNION CRUDE OPERATING COMPANY - J.C. ENGLISH WELL NO. 1

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 40547

$950
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2000-0932
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. UNION CRUDE OPERATING COMPANY, J. C. ENGLISH WELL NO. 1, RRC ID NO. 18709 SARATOGA, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS 77585 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(J) OF THE CWA BY: 1) ACCUMULATED OIL IN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYS- TEM(S) IS NOT PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO STORAGE OR PROP- ERLY DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS; 2) ADEQUATE RECORDS OF DRAINAGE EVENTS ARE NOT MAINTAINED; 3) EXCESSIVE VEGETATION WHICH AFFECTS THE INTEGRITY OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM; 4) VISUAL TANK INSPECTIONS ARE NOT CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY BY APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND/ OR INSPECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE TANK FOUNDATION AND SUP- PORTS; AND 5) ABOVE GROUND VALVES AND PIPELINES ARE NOT EXAMINED PERIODICALLY ON A SCHEDULED BASIS FOR GENERAL CONDITION. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $950 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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