EPA v. U-SAVE MART, INC.

Case summary

9/4/11 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. ON JULY 23, 2012, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 250 GALLONS TO 1,000 GALLONS OF REGULAR GRADE GASOLINE FROM AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEM CONSISTING OF ONE REGULAR GRADE 10,000-GAL TANK, ONE MID-GRAD 8,000-GAL TANK, 1 REGULAR GRADE 6,000-GAL TANK, AND ONE KEROSENE 6,000-GAL TANK INTO A CULVERT/UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, LOCATED 120 FEET DOWN GRADIENT FROM THE U-SAVE MART, INC., WHICH FLOWS TO ZACK'S FORK CREEK/LOWER CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO RHODHISS LAKE IN VIOLATION OF THE CWA SECTION 311(b)(3). RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED OIL ON THE SURFACE IN AND/OR UPON A CULVERT/UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ZACK'S FORK CREEK/LOWER CREEK, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO RHODHISS LAKE AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3. RESPONDENT VIOLATED CWA 311(b)(3).

Defendants (1)

• U-SAVE MART, INC. (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• U-SAVE MART, INC.

  429 HARPER AVENUE, LENOIR, NC, 28645-5068

  Registry ID: 110062627448

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• U-SAVE MART, INC.entered 2014-09-04

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-09-04Final Order Issued
• 2014-09-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2014-09-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-10-01Enforcement Action Closed