EPA v. ABM GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC

Case summary

9/16/2015 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. AGREEMENT ALLEGES: ON MAY 1, 2013, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 100 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON LAKE BARKLEY AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE EPA OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER 1045868. RESPONDENT'S MAY 1, 2013 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF LAKE BARKLEY AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS SECTION 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4) OF THE CWA. RESPONDENT'S MAY 1, 2013, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON LAKE BARKLEY AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3. RESPONDENT THEREFORE VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• ABM GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (ABM GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC)

  4200 STATE PARK ROAD, LAKE BARKLEY MARINA, CADIZ, KY, 42211

  Registry ID: 110064837636

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ABM GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLCentered 2015-09-16

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2015-09-16Final Order Issued
• 2015-09-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-09-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2015-09-23Enforcement Action Closed