EPA v. SILCO DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
Dismissed By Tribunal
Penalty assessed
$10,000
Case summary
ON 08/03/91, A SEVERE STORM CAUSED RUNOFF TO TAKE A SUBTERRANEAN ROUTE, UNDERMINING THE ASPHALT PAD WHERE 14 ABOVE GROUND 12,000 GALLON STORAGE TANKS WERE LOCATED. ONE OF THE TANKS CONTAINING WING DE-ICING FLUID, FELL AGAINST THE CONCRETE WALL SURROUNDING THE TANKS, BREAKING A PIPE AND CAUSING 2,857 GALLONS OF 24% ETHYLENE GLYCOL TO SPILL INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH 200 FEET SOUTH OF SAND CREEK. THE DISCHARGE WAS NOT PERMITTED. THE PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY IN THIS ACTION IS $10,000.
Defendants (1)
- SILCO DISTRIBUTING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
SILCO DISTRIBUTING CO
5915 N BROADWAY, DENVER, CO, 80216
Registry ID: 110008304290
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
- CWA 309G — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
SILCO DISTRIBUTING COMPANYentered 1995-01-29
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $10,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1992-11-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1992-11-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1995-01-29Final Order Issued
- 1995-01-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 49614
- Case number
- 08-1993-0172
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1993-0172 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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