EPA v. Lupton Petroleum 112(r) consent agreement

Case summary

Action for penalty of Lupton Petroleum regarding violations of the Clean Air Act, section 112(r), general duty clause. Counts include failure to identify hazards: Hazard review, failure to identify hazards: arc flash risk assessment, Failure to identify hazards: pressure relief valves discharge location, failure to design and maintain a safe facility: lack of design information on pressure relief valves, distillation column, and distillation equipment, failure to design and maintain a safe facility: Lack of isolation valves, failure to design and maintain a safe facility: Inadequate design information on flexible hoses used in propane servie, Failure to design and maintain a safe facility: Lack of information on safe operating limits and the consequences of deviation from those limits, failure to design and maintain a safe facility: failure to train employees in hazards of the process and operating procedures, failure to design and maintain a safe facility: failure to create and implement a program for managing change, failure to design and maintain a safe facility: lack of electrical area classification information and failure to train operators on electrical area classification information, Failure to design and maintain a safe facility: failure to create and implement a complete preventive maintenance program, failure to design and maintain a safe facility: failure to conduct a siting study.

Defendants (4)

• Ryan MeikleNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Jean M. FloresNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Mark NicholsonNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• Cole HallNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LUPTON PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FACILITY

  1-40 & GRANT ROAD EXIT, LUPTON, AZ, 86508

  Registry ID: 110070890674

Statutes cited

• CAA 112R — General Duty/Accidental Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Lupton Petroleum 112(r) consent agreemententered 2021-05-18

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $279,472

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2021-05-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2021-05-18Final Order Issued
• 2021-05-20Enforcement Action Data Entered