EPA v. BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On September 18, 2019, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order to resolve Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit violations by BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. at their Prudhoe Bay, AK facility. This RCRA storage facility manages hazardous waste from oil exploration activities on the north slope of Alaska. The RCRA permit requires compliance with third party liability financial assurance requirements, and five consecutive annual policies failed to provide adequate coverage for third party bodily injury and property damage claims. Additionally, the facility failed to label containers of hazardous waste. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $125,100 and to correct the violations alleged.
Defendants (1)
- BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (8)
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
HILCORP CWTF
PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110070256753
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3004 — Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA)entered 2019-11-05
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $125,100
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2019-08-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2019-11-05Final Order Issued
- 2019-11-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2019-11-14Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601952971
- Case number
- 10-2019-0143
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2019-0143 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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