EPA v. LAKESHORE RAILCAR & TANKER SERVICES LLC - APO/CAFO

Case summary

Lakeshore failed to properly monitor and record net heating values for vent gas to the flare during pressurized rail tank car purging/degassing operations; failed to maintain the minimum standard of 200 BTU/scf for each one-hour rolling average of the net heating values of the vent gas to the flare, during entire periods of time when emissions were vented to the flare; and failed to apply for a permit modification. These were all requirements of a 2016 ACO, which had not terminated since the company never was in full compliance with its terms, and all the requirements had basis in the Indiana SIP and the facility's 2009 FESOP. The facility has terminated the pressurized rail tank car purging/degassing operations on site and is no longer operating the flare associated with the operation. Resultingly, there is no concurrent ACO with this matter. This CAFO requires Lakeshore to pay a penalty of $153,000, and resolves the NOV/FOV issued to Lakeshore on July 12, 2021.

Defendants (1)

• LAKESHORE RAILCAR & TANKER SERVICES LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LAKESHORE RAILCAR & TANKER SERVICES LLC

  1150 E 145TH ST, EAST CHICAGO, IN, 46312-3086

  Registry ID: 110002455398

Statutes cited

• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LAKESHORE RAILCAR & TANKER SERVICES LLC - APO/CAFOentered 2023-09-29

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $153,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2023-09-29Final Order Issued
• 2023-09-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2023-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2023-10-18Air Resolved
• 2023-10-18Enforcement Action Closed