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SHELL OIL COMPANY

Judicial · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1152

$390K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$46K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-1999-0166
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

SHELL OPERATED ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS A LEAKING VAPOR STORAGE AND RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR THE TERMINA'S GASOLINE LOADING BAY SYSTEM. SHELL LOADED GASOLINE ONTO BARGES W/O REQUIRED VAPOR RECOVERY EQUIPMENT, RESULTING IN EXCESS EMISSIONS. SHELL FAILED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCT- ING AND OPERATING A MAJOR MODIFICATION TO THE FACIITIES GASOLINE LOADING BAY SYSTEM (BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL BAY W/O OBTAINING THE NECESSARY PERMITS AS REQUIRED BY CT SIP AND WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATORY REQUIRE- MENTS UNDER CAA. SHELL THEREBY AVOIDED THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 80 TONS PER YEAR OF VOC OFFSETS.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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