EPA v. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS LLC

Case summary

ON MARCH 31, 2015, REGION III FILED A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER REGARDING VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW of 1986 ( EPCRA ), 42 U.S.C. 11023, BY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS LLC ( RESPONDENT ) AT ITS PETROLEUM BULK STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED AT 120 CHOATE CIRCLE, MONTOURSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17754 ( FACILITY ). DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2012, THE FACILITY PROCESSED ZINC COMPOUNDS, ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND METHANOL AS PART OF ITS PETROLEUM BULK STORAGE OPERATIONS AT THE FACILITY. THIS CAFO RESOLVES VIOLATIONS DISCOVERED BY EPA DURING A WINTER 2014 DESKTOP INSPECTION OF RESPONDENT'S FACILITY TO REVIEW COMPLIANCE WITH EPCRA SECTION 313 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. IN REVIEWING THE FACILITY'S OPERATING RECORDS, THE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT RESONDENT HAD PROCESSED MORE THAN 25,000 POUNDS EACH OF ZINC COMPOUNDS, ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND MEHTNOL IN CALENDAR YEAR 2012 WITHOUT TIMELY FILING A FORM R OR FORM A WITH BOTH EPA AND PENNSYLVANIA AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 313 OF EPCRA AND THE ASSOCIATED FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 372. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT, RESPONDENT WILL PAY A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,647.00 TO RESOLVE THESE VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA SECTION 313 AND THE ASSOCIATED FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 372.

Defendants (1)

• PETROLEUM PRODUCTS LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PETROLEUM PRODUCTS LLC

  120 CHOATE CIRCLE, MONTOURSVILLE, PA, 17754

  Registry ID: 110038689354

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PETROLEUM PRODUCTS LLCentered 2015-03-31

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $52,647

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2015-03-31Final Order Issued
• 2015-03-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-04-02Enforcement Action Data Entered