EPA v. MID PAC PETROLEUM
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
This is a Consent Agreement and Final Order between US EPA and Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC (Respondent) for Clean Air Act violations at the company's Kawaihae facility on the Island of Hawaii. Failure to install required vapor pollution controls to limit emissions led to the illegal discharge of about 20 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOC) into the air each year from its gasoline loading equipment. Mid Pac Petroleum will spend an estimated $432,000 to bring its facility into compliance with the law, and has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty.
Defendants (1)
- MID PAC PETROLEUMNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
MID PAC PETROLEUM LLC
61-3651 KAWAIHAE RD, KAWAIHAE, HI, 96743
Registry ID: 110027227016
MID PAC PETROLEUM LLC
61-3651 KAWAIHAE RD, KAWAIHAE, HI, 96743
Registry ID: 110027227016
Statutes cited
- CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MID PAC PETROLEUMentered 2016-09-06
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $200,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2016-09-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2016-09-06Final Order Issued
- 2016-09-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600810383
- Case number
- 09-2016-0503
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- New Source Performance Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2016-0503 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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