EPA v. County of Monmouth et al.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Major UST Owner/Operator - inspections found two violations of failure to conduct proper release detection on tanks and three counts of failure to maintain proper records for release detection monitoring for pressurized lines at three of County facilities. Tanks have all been removed. SEP is to replace tanks at an additional site with an AST.
Defendants (2)
- County of MonmouthNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- Gary J. Rich, SrNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (3)
MOMOUTH COUNTY HIGHWAY DISTRICT # 8
1621 UNION AVE, HAZLET, NJ, 07730
Registry ID: 110056976367
MONMOUTH COUNTY HIGHWAY DISTRICT # 3 & 6
1180 PINE BROOK ROAD, TINTON FALLS, NJ, 07724
Registry ID: 110056976296
MONMOUTH COUNTY HIGHWAY DISTRICT # 5
383 CRANBERRY ROAD, HOWELL, NJ, 07727
Registry ID: 110056976278
Statutes cited
- RCRA 9003 — UST Release Detection, Prevention, Correction Regulations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
County of Monmouth et al.entered 2015-09-17
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $3,660 · SEP: $276,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2015-03-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2015-04-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2015-09-17Final Order Issued
- 2015-09-17Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600108558
- Case number
- 02-2015-7501
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- UST Release Detection, Prevention, Correction Regulations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2015-7501 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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