EPA v. BIG STATE LOGISTICS INC (BIRCH LAKE)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On September 5, 2017, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order resolving violations of the Clean Water Act by Big State Logistics, Inc., located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Respondent, which operates a petroleum fuel distribution operation, discharged fuel oil to waters of the U.S. without a permit as a result of a tanker truck roll-over on the Richardson Highway, Milepost 306, at Birch Lake, a state-designated recreational area for camping, swimming, fishing and boating. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $24,000.
Defendants (1)
- Big State Logistics IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
BIG STATE LOGISTICS INC - BIRCH LAKE
MILE POST 306, RICHARDSON HIGHWAY, SALCHA, AK, 99714
Registry ID: 110070107954
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BIG STATE LOGISTICS INC (BIRCH LAKE) - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDERentered 2017-09-05
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $24,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2017-06-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2017-09-05Enforcement Action Closed
- 2017-09-05Final Order Issued
- 2017-09-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601081229
- Case number
- 10-2017-0143
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2017-0143 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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