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Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 57221

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Case

Case Number
HQ-1997-0335
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Summary

10/17/97 TWO RFG VIOLATIONS: THE ENTIRE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS IS AN OPT-IN AREA FOR RFG. DIESEL DAN'S: ON FEBRUARY 16, 1995, EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT DIESEL DAN'S UNBRANDED GASOLINE RETAIL OUTLET LOCATED AT 10 PLEASANT STREET, LEE, MA. EPA'S INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE HAVING AN OXYGEN CONTENT LESS THAN ALLOWABLE MINIMUM WEIGHT PERCENT WAS BEING SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. THE GASOLINE'S AVERAGE OXYGEN CONTENT WAS 0.125, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ALLOWABLE MINIMUM MINIMUM OF 1.5 OXYGEN WEIGHT PERCENT. PAYLESS: ON FEBRUARY 16, 1995, EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT PAYLESS OIL'S UNBRANDED GASOLINE RETAIL OUTLET LOCATED AT 28 CRYSTAL STREET, LENNOXDALE, MA. EPA'S INSPECTON DETERMINE THAT CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE HAVING AN OXYGEN CONTENT LESS THAN THE ALLOWABLE MINIMUM WITHT PERCENT WAS BEING SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. THE GASOLINE'S AVERAGE OXYGEN CONTENT WAS 0.25, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ALLOWABLE MINIMUM OF 1.5 OXYGEN WEIGHT PERCENT. EPA FURTHER DETERMINED THAT SPRAGUE ENERGY SUPPLIES FUEL TO DIESEL DAN AND TO PAYLESS FROM A CITGO TERMINAL. BOTH CITGO AND SPRAGUE ARE DISTRIBUTORS, MAKING THEM EACH LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATIONS.

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