EPA v. HABETS, GLEN/BIG WEST OIL REFINERY

Case summary

ON JULY 9-10, 1997, EPA INSPECTED FACILITY AND FOUND 4 LARGE ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANKS ON SITE. EACH TANK WAS ABOUT 40 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 40 FEET IN DIAMETER. THEY ALSO FOUND 6 PITS OR PONDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TANKS COVERED WITH A LAYER OF OILY WASTES. EPA FOUND 22 DEAD BIRDS IN THE OILY LAYER OF THE PITS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS AND STANDING OIL ON THE GROUND. 18 BIRDS WERE COLLECTED AND THE 4 REMAINING BIRDS COULD NOT BE RECOVERED. RESPONDENT'S CONTRIBUTION OF SOLID WASTE TO, OR HANDLING OF SOLID WASTE AT THE FACILITY MAY PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7003

Defendants (1)

• HABETS, GLENNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BIG WEST OIL

  ST HWY 215, KEVIN, MT, 59454

  Registry ID: 110010673618

Statutes cited

• RCRA 7003A — Res Conserv & Rec Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HABETS, GLEN/BIG WEST OIL REFINERYentered 1998-04-02

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1998-04-02Final Order Issued
• 1998-04-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-04-20Enforcement Action Data Entered