EPA v. KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP. L.P. - FORT WORTH TERMINAL

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, L.P. FACILITY: FORT WORTH, TEXAS REFINED PRODUCTS TERMINAL 12550 TRINITY BOULEVARD EULESS, TARRANT COUNTY, 76039 3. RESPONDENT DISCOVERED VIOLATIONS OF 40 CFR PART 63, SUB- PART R ( MACT SUBPART R ) IN THAT 43 VAPOR TIGHTNESS CER- TIFICATIONS FOR GASOLINE TANK TRUCKS AT THE TERMINAL WERE INADEQUATE. IN SOME CASES, INFORMATION ON THE CERTIFICA- TION INDICATED THAT THE VAPOR-TIGHTNESS TEST HAD BEEN PERFORMED WRONG, OR WAS INCOMPLETE, AND IN SOME CASES, THE INFORMATION ON THE CERTIFICATION INDICATED THAT THE TRAILER HAD NOT IN FACT PASSED THE TEST. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION, PRE- VENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY- BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, L.P.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP L P FORT WORTH TERMINAL

  12550 TRINITY BLVD., EULESS, TX, 76040

  Registry ID: 110000459049

Statutes cited

• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, L.P. FORT WORTH, TEXAS REFINentered 2000-10-03

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-06-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-10-03Final Order Issued
• 2000-10-03Compliance Achieved
• 2000-10-03Enforcement Action Closed