EPA v. Buckeye Pipe Line Company /West Shore Pipeline (Lockport /Palos Park IL) CWA 311(b)(3)

Case summary

This is a referral to the Department of Justice for civil litigation for two separate releases of oil from pipelines owned by West Shore Pipeline (Owner) and operated by Buckeye Pipeline Company LP, that occurred (1) near 13803 South New Avenue, Lockport, IL and (2) from a pipeline rupture located near the intersection of Route 83 and South 86th Avenue, Palos Park, Illinois. Approximately, 750 barrels of jet fuel spilled from the pipeline into an unpaved pipeline right of way and into a drainage ditch where it flowed into the Cal-Sag Channel. .

Defendants (2)

• Buckeye Pipe Line Company LP Houston TXNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• West Shore Pipe Line Company Arlington Heights ILNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BUCKEYE PIPE LINE COMPANY LP AND WEST SHORE PIPE LINE COMPANY

  13803 SOUTH NEW AVENUE AND RTE 83 AND S. 86TH ST., LOCKPORT, IL, 60527

  Registry ID: 110070239066

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (2)

• Buckeye Pipe Line Company /West Shore Pipeline (Lockport /Palos Park IL) CWA 311(b)(3)entered 2018-04-09

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $400,000

• Buckeye Pipe Line Company /West Shore Pipeline (Lockport /Palos Park IL) CWA 311(b)(3)

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2015-07-02Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2015-10-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2018-02-15Complaint Filed With Court
• 2018-04-09Final Order Entered
• 2021-05-19Pipeline Closed
• 2021-10-13Enforcement Action Closed
• 2021-10-13Final Order Lodged