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EXXONMOBIL PRODUCTION COMPANY - S. S. LAIRD LEASE

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 41575

$1K
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2001-4370
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. EXXONMOBIL PRODUCTION COMPANY S. S. LARID LEASE HENDERSON, RUSK COUNTY, TEXAS 75652 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) SECONDARY CONTAINMENT APPEARS TO BE GROSSLY INADEQUATE FOR TANKS AND CENTRAL TREATING INSTALLATIONS; AND 3) TANK BATTERY INSTALLATIONS ARE NOT FAIL-SAFE ENGINEERED BE- CAUSE NONE OF THE FOLLOWING ARE PRESENT: 1) ADEQUATE TANK CAPACITY TO PREVENT TANK OVERFILL; 2) OVERFLOW EQUALIZING LINES BETWEEN THE TANKS; 3) VACUUM PROTECTION TO PREVENT TANK CLLAPSE; AND 4) HIGH LEVEL ALARMS TO GENERATE AND TRANSMIT AN ALARM SIGNAL WHERE FACILITIES ARE PART OF A COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEM. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $1,000 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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