EPA v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

Case summary

UPGRADE AND REMEDIAL WORK ON OIL CONTAMINATION; HOWEVER THE STATE STAYED THE PENALTY. REGION IV IS SEEKING: A CIVIL PENALTY OF $3,300,000 FOR ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR PAST NONCOMPLIANCE AT ALL 6 FACILITIES; ENFORCEABLE COMPLAINCE SCHEDULES AT ALL 6 FACILITIES; OUT- SIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS OF THE 6 FACILITIES; INTERNAL AUDITS OF OTHER CSX SITES. THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION AGAINST CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. FOR NPDES VIOLATIONS AT SIX OF ITS CSX RAIL TRANSPORT YARDS: 4 IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA (BALDWIN, MONCRIEF, EAST END AND WEST END); ONE IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA (WINSTON); AND THE ROCKY MOUNT YARD IN NORTH CAROLINA. AT EACH LOCATION THE PRIVATELY OWNED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT HAS EXCEEDED NPDES PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE THREE OIL SPILLS AT THE ROCKY MOUNT YARD AND ONE OIL SPILL AT BALDWIN. CSX IS PROPOSING UPGRADES AT THE 4 JACKSONVILLE FACILI- TIES AND IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITIES OF JACKSONVILLE AND BALDWIN TO TIE IN THE MONCRIEF AND BALDWIN YARDS, RESPEC- TIVELY. CSX IS SUPPOSED TO BE NEGOTIATING A CONSENT ORDER WITH FLORIDA DER FOR REMEDIAL SOIL CLEANUP AT EAST END. THE UPGRADES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT WINSTON YARD, BUT INTER- MITTENT VIOLATIONS HAVE OCCURRED. THE ROCKY MOUNT YARD IS UNDER A NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FOR PLANT

Defendants (2)

• CSX RAIL TRANSPORT
• CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (7)

• CSX TRANSPORTATION

  2501 SOUTHWEST MAIN STREET, ROCKY MOUNT, NC, 27801

  Registry ID: 110006711111

• CSX TRANSPORTATION E END RLYD

  STRICKLAND ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32205

  Registry ID: 110010620569

• CSX TRANSPORTATION

  1770 N MCDUFF AVE, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 322030

  Registry ID: 110005588998

• CSX TRANSPORTATION

  1725 DRANE FIELD ROAD, LAKELAND, FL, 33805

  Registry ID: 110002043477

• CSX TRANSPORTATION

  2501 SOUTHWEST MAIN STREET, ROCKY MOUNT, NC, 27801

  Registry ID: 110006711111

• CSX TRANSPORTATION BALDWIN

  BALDWIN YARD, BALDWIN, FL, 32234

  Registry ID: 110010754558

• CSX TRANSP WEST END RAIL YD

  WARRINGTON ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32205

  Registry ID: 110010754549

Statutes cited

• CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.entered 1993-12-14

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $3,000,000

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1984-06-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1989-12-04PRN Sent
• 1990-03-20Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1992-04-10Complaint Filed With Court
• 1993-12-14Final Order Lodged
• 1993-12-14Final Order Entered
• 1993-12-14Concluded
• 1996-12-10Enforcement Action Closed