9/6/07 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON AUGUST 8, 2006, EPA CONDUCTED A COMPLIANCE INSPECTION OF RESPONDENT'S USTs LOCATED AT CIRCLE K STORE 2706330. PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 280.20(c), AND THE NC UST RULES, 15A N.C. ADMIN. CODE 2N.0301 (2007), OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF PETROLEUM UST SYSTEMS MUST USE THE SPILL AND OVERFILL PREVENTION EQUIPMENT SPECIFIED IN THAT REGULATORY SECTION. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION RESPNDENT'S OVERFILL PREVENTION SYSTEM WAS DISABLED. THEREFORE, RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 280.20(c) AND THE NC UST RULE, 15A N.C. ADMIN CODE 2N.0301 (2007) AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION.