EPA v. UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION COMPANY

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. UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION COMPANY FACILITY: URANIA LUMBER CO. A LEASE SEC. 24, T10 N, R1 E URANIA, LA SALLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 71480 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY: 1) NO SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE PLAN; 2) ACCUMULATED OIL IN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM(S) IS NOT PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO STORAGE OR PROPERLY DIS- POSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS; 3) FIELD DRAINAGE DITCHES, ROAD DITCHS, AND OIL TRAPS, SUMPS, OR SKIMMERS ARE NOT REGULARLY INSPECTED FOR OIL, AND/OR OIL IS NOT REMOVED; 4) TANK MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OIL STORED AND THE CONDITIONS OF STORAGE; 5) EXCESSIVE VEGETATION WHICH AFFECTS THE INTE- GRITY OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM; 6) VISUAL TANK INSPECT- IONS ARE NOT CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY BY APPROPRIATE PER- SONNEL AND/OR INSPECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE TANK FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTS; AND 7) ABOVE GROUND VALVES AND PIPELINES ARE NOT EXAMINED ON A SCHEDULED BASIS FOR GENERAL CONDI- TION. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $2,400 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

Defendants (1)

• UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION CO., URANIA LUMBER CO A LSE

  SEC. 24, T10 N, R1 E, URANIA, LA, 71480

  Registry ID: 110010650848

Statutes cited

• CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION COMPANY

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-09-15Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-09-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-02-01Enforcement Action Closed