EPA v. NORTH POLE REFINERY, FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, ALASKA, LLC
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On September 8, 2014, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order that resolves RCRA hazardous waste violations at the Flint Hills Refining Alaska (Flint Hills) facility in North Pole, Alaska. The company failed to make a determination that spent groundwater pre-filters generated on site contained iron sulfide and were an ignitable and reactive hazardous waste. EPA alleged that Flint Hills stored hazardous waste at the facility without obtaining a permit or complying with conditions applicable to hazardous waste generators. Flint Hills now manages the spent groundwater pre-filters as hazardous waste. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $80,000.
Defendants (1)
- NORTH POLE REFINERY, FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, ALASKANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (9)
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
FLINT HILLS NORTH POLE
1100 H&H LANE, NORTH POLE, AK, 99705
Registry ID: 110044875668
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NORTH POLE REFINERY, FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, ALASKA, LLCentered 2014-09-08
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $80,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2014-08-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2014-09-08Final Order Issued
- 2014-09-08Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2014-10-27Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400272161
- Case number
- 10-2014-0163
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2014-0163 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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