EPA v. IRVING OIL CORPORATION

Case summary

On November 16, 2007, EPA and Irving Oil Corporation (“Irving”) entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) requiring Irving to perform a compliance review of all of its New England facilities subject to the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (“SPCC”) regulations and bring any facility not currently in compliance into full compliance.In May 2007, EPA Region 1 filed a complaint under the Clean Water Act alleging that Irving, headquartered in Portsmouth, NH, failed to prepare and implement a SPCC plan in accordance with “good engineering practices” at the company’s Alton, NH, oil storage and distribution facility. In September 2007, the Region filed a Class II Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) resolving Irving’s CWA Section 311 violations. Irving has paid the penalty of $55,000 as required under the CAFO.

Defendants (1)

• IRVING OIL CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• IRVING OIL CORP

  RTE 140, ALTON, NH, 03809

  Registry ID: 110007687958

Statutes cited

• CWA 311J — SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• IRVING OIL CORPORATIONentered 2007-11-16

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2007-11-16Final Order Issued
• 2007-11-20Enforcement Action Data Entered