EPA v. GOLD LINE REFINING LTD.

Case summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. GOLD LINE REFINING LTD., A TEXAS CORPORATION OPERATING IN LOUISIANA. 4646 HIGHWAY 3059 LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA 70601 11499 PLANT ROAD JENNINGS, JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH, LOUISIANA 70546 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF APRROXIMATELY 5 GAL- LONS OF JP-8 JET FUEL FROM ITS FACILITY IN CALCASIEU PAR- ISH INTO THE CALCASIEU RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES AND APPROXIMATELY 20 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY IN JEF- FERSON DAVIS PARISH INTO BAYOU NIPEQUE AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $345 FOR THE CAL- CASIEU PARISH FACILITY AND $6,900 FOR THE JEFFERSON DAVIS FACILITY, FOR A PROPOSED TOTAL OF $7,245.

Defendants (1)

• GOLD LINE REFINING LTD.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL REFINING INCORPORATED

  4646 HWY 3059 (OLD TOWN ROAD), LAKE CHARLES, LA, 70615

  Registry ID: 110000549513

• GOLD LINE REFINING LTD

  11499 PLANT RD, JENNINGS, LA, 70546

  Registry ID: 110001940829

• AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL REFINING INCORPORATED

  4646 HWY 3059 (OLD TOWN ROAD), LAKE CHARLES, LA, 70615

  Registry ID: 110000549513

• AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL REFINING INCORPORATED

  4646 HWY 3059 (OLD TOWN ROAD), LAKE CHARLES, LA, 70615

  Registry ID: 110000549513

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B3 — Clean Water Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GOLD LINE REFINING, LTD.entered 1998-04-06

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $6,952

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 1997-07-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-07-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-02-23Appeal To Administrator
• 1998-04-06EAB Decision
• 1998-04-06Final Order Issued
• 2001-12-10Enforcement Action Closed