EPA v. ACE TRANSPORT, LLC

Case summary

9/10/2012 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY $6,300. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON NOVEMBER 29, 2011, THE RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 1,200 GALLONS OF OIL AS DEFINED IN SECTIN 311(a)(1) OF THE CWA, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON BUFFALO CREEK AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE DISCHARGE CASUED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF BUFFALO CREK AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES AND CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE WATER OR UPON ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES, AND, THREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3. ACCORDINGLY, THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• ACE TRANSPORT, LLC (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL - ACE TRANSPORT LLC

  I-40/HIGHWAY 220, GREENSBORO, NC, 27406

  Registry ID: 110054079091

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ACE TRANSPORT, LLCentered 2012-09-10

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $6,300

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-09-10Final Order Issued
• 2012-09-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-09-13Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-09-13Enforcement Action Data Entered