EPA v. REFINED PRODUCTS, INC. - BEECH SWD 001

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. REFINED PRODUCTS, INC. FACILITY: BEECH SWD 001 SECTION 24, T18 N, R2 E, TROUT CREEK FIELD TROUT, LA SALLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 71371 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) TANK MAT- ERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OIL STORED AND THE CONDITIONS OF STORAGE; 4) VISUAL TANK IN- SPECTIONS ATE NOT CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY BY APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND/OR INSPECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE TANK FOUNDA- TION AND SUPPORTS; AND 5) ABOVE GROUND VALVES AND PIPE- LINES ARE NOT EXAMINED PERIODICALLY ON A SCHEDULED BASIS FOR GENERAL CONDITION. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $2,100 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

Defendants (1)

• REFINED PRODUCTS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• REFINED PRODUCTS, INC. BEECH SWD 001

  SEC. 24, T8 N, R2 E, TROUT CREEK FIELD, TROUT, LA, 71371

  Registry ID: 110010686828

Statutes cited

• CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• REFINED PRODUCTS, INC.

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-09-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-09-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-02-01Enforcement Action Closed