EPA v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
7/11/2011 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,200, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON OR ABOUT MAY 17,2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 4 BARRELS OF OIL INTO OR UPON SAINT AUGUSTINE CREEK AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S MAY 17, 2010, DISCHARGE CAUSED A SHEET UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE SAINT AUGUSTINE CREEK OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES, AND, THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 110.3.
Defendants (1)
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (UNITED PARCEL SERVICE) (UPS)
MILE MARKER 109, I-95, SAVANNAH, GA, 31401
Registry ID: 110043718251
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)entered 2011-07-11
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $5,200
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2011-07-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2011-07-11Final Order Issued
- 2011-07-12Enforcement Action Closed
- 2011-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2600037908
- Case number
- 04-2011-5133
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2011-5133 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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