# DUNCAN PETROLEUM, INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2004 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `106936`
- **Case Number:** 03-2004-0004
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- DUNCAN PETROLEUM, INC (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On September 30, 2004, EPA Region III filed a Complaint, Compliance Order and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing ( Complaint ) against Duncan Petroleum Corporation ( Duncan ), a gasoline wholesaler, of Dover, Delaware.   The Complaint alleges that Duncan violated Subtitle I of RCRA by failing to comply with the State of Marylandýýýs federally authorized underground storage tank ( UST ) regulations at Duncan's Super Soda Centers located in Federalsburg, Easton, Preston, Cambridge and Chestertown, Maryland.   Duncan's alleged violations include failure to: properly monitor its USTs for releases (leaks);  report suspected releases from its USTs to the Maryland Department of the Environment;  investigate and confirm suspected releases from its USTs;  operate and/or maintain a release detection system in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and periodically test and inspect a cathodic (corrosion) protection system.   The Complaint proposes the assessment of a civil penalty of up to $11,000 for each tank for each day of alleged violation and includes a compliance order.

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