EPA v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA CALLOWHILL GARAGE)(5 FACILITIES)

Case summary

The Respondent violated RCRA at five of its facilities; the Callowhill Bus, Comly, Frankford Bus, Midvale Bus, and Southern Bus Garages. At Frankford, because of the lines? configuration, the Respondent failed to provide functioning line leak detectors capable of meeting the standards for detectors for the lines from two diesel fuel tanks. For one of the two diesel fuel tanks, Respondent did not have a functioning automatic line leak detector for the tank?s piping while it was installing a new detector and failed to conduct annual line tightness testing or conduct monthly monitoring for the lines from the two tanks. Also at Frankford, the Respondent did not carry out tank leak detection at three other tanks. At Midvale, the Respondent did not perform the annual line leak detector testing for a diesel fuel tank. At Frankford, Callowhill, Comly, and Southern, SEPTA did not perform line tightness testing on a total of nine tanks.

Defendants (1)

• SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (6)

• SEPTA CALLOWHILL GARAGE

  59TH & CALLOWHILL STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19151

  Registry ID: 110007777156

• SEPTA MIDVALE BUS GARAGE

  4301 WISSAHICKON AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 191290000

  Registry ID: 110000819320

• SEPTA FRANKFORD BUS GARAGE

  5235 PENN STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19124

  Registry ID: 110063014330

• SEPTA MIDVALE BUS GARAGE

  4301 WISSAHICKON AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 191290000

  Registry ID: 110000819320

• SEPTA SOUTHERN BUS GARAGE

  20TH & JOHNSON STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19145

  Registry ID: 110007777165

• SEPTA COMLY GARAGE

  COMLY & PENN STREETS, PHILADELPIA, PA, 19149

  Registry ID: 110007777183

Statutes cited

• RCRA 9003 — UST Release Detection, Prevention, Correction Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (5 FACILITIES)(SEPTA CALLOWHILL GARAGE)entered 2016-03-30

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $116,843

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2016-03-30Final Order Issued
• 2016-03-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2016-04-06Enforcement Action Data Entered