EPA v. MALPASO TRUCKING

Case summary

On August 25, 2009, the truck tractor referenced in Paragraph 25 pulling the tanker trailer referenced in Paragraph 24 rolled off the north side of Colorado Highway 14 into the Cache Ia Poudre River near mile marker 114. The tanker trailer was filled with approximately 5,700 gallons ofliquid asphalt oil being transported to a road construction site near Cameron Pass, approximately 40 miles west ofwhere the semi-tractor and tanker trailer rolled off the highway. The tanker trailer referenced in Paragraph 29 ruptured, releasing at least one-half of its contents into the Cache Ia Poudre River, impacting both the Cache Ia Poudre River and its adjoining shore! ines, causing a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface of the Cache Ia Poudre River and/or its adjoining shorelines and/or causing a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the Cache Ia Poudre River and/or upon its adjoining shorelines. The film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface of the Cache Ia Poudre River and/or its adjoining shorelines and/or the sludge or emulsion deposited beneath the surface of the Cache Ia Poudre River and/or upon its adjoining shorelines referenced in Paragraph 30 continued for several days.

Defendants (1)

• MALPASO TRUCKINGNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MALPASO TRUCKING , INC.

  1507 BEECHCRAFT STREET, RAWLINS, WY, 82301

  Registry ID: 110041217233

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MALPASO TRUCKINGentered 2013-01-24

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $62,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-01-24Final Order Issued
• 2013-01-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-03-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-11-18Enforcement Action Closed