# COLUMBIA PETROLEUM
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `19204`
- **Case Number:** 03-2000-0473
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COLUMBIA PETROLEUM (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RESPONDENT FAILED TO FILE FORM RS PURSUANT TO SECTION 313    OF EPCRA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11023 FOR TWELVE CHEMCIALS THAT  ARE COMPONENTS OF A FUEL OIL MIXTURE THAT IS PROCESSED BY    RESPONDENT AT TWO FACILITIES LOCATED IN PENNSYLVANIA,        SINKING SPRINGS AND LANCASTER.  RESPONDENT DISCOVERED THE    VIOLATIONS ON JANUARY 10, 2000 THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL      AUDIT AND NOTIFIED EPA BY LETTER DATED JANUARY 28, 2000 THAT SEVEN OF ITS FACILITIES FAILED TO FILE FORMS RS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1998 BY JULY 1, 1999.  HOWEVER, FIVE OF THE SEVEN       FACILITIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE EPCRA SECTION 313, 42      U.S.C. 11023, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT    HAVE 10 MORE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES DURING THE RELEVANT TIME    PERIOD.  RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE MEETS ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY AND THE VIOLATIONS WERE        CORRECTED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RESPONDENT'S DISCLSOURE OF EPA.  THEREFORE, RESPONDENT QUALIFIES FOR 100% REDUCTION IN THE    GRAVITY-BASED COMPONENT OF THE CIVIL PENALTY FOR THE         VIOLATIONS, $112,209, AND NO SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFIT    HAS ACCRUED TO RESPONDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS NON-COMPLIANCE CONCERNING THESE VIOLATIONS.  THEREFORE, EPA WILL NOT ASSESS A PENALTY AGAINST RESPONDENT FOR THESE VIOLATIONS.

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