# LAPE, WILLIAM O D/B/A BOSWELL SERVICE CENTER
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `19235`
- **Case Number:** 03-2000-0505
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $30K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LAPE, WILLIAM O D/B/A BOSWELL SERVICE CT (complaint) (settlement)
- WILLIAM O LAPE D/B/A BOSWELL SERVICE CTR (complaint)
## Summary

RESPONDENT OPERATES AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITY LOCATED IN BOSWELL, PENNSYLVANIA.  AN EPA INSPECTION ON JUNE 13, 2000   DETERMINED THAT AT LEAST ONE UST CONTAINING PETROLEUM IS     PRESENT AT THE FACILITY.  RESPONDENT STOPPED SELLING         GASOLINE IN 1994, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE TANK HAS NOT BEEN  ADDED TO OR EMPTIED SINCE THAT TIME.  ONE 3,000 GALLON       PETROLEUM TANK WAS REGISTERED ON AUGUST 2, 1990 WITH THE     COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.  THE INSPECTION DETERMINED     THAT THE TANK, KNOWN AS TANK 1 IN THE INSPECTION REPORT,     CONTAINED LESS THAN ONE INCH OF PETROLEUM, IS MADE OF STEEL  AND IS CORRODED AS EVIDENCED BY THE AMOUNT OF GROUNDWATER IN THE TANK.  DUE TO THE FACT THAT TANK 1 IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE  WITH EITHER THE NEW UST SYSTEM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS UNDER   40 C.F.R. SECTION 280.20 OR THE UPGRADING REQUIREMENTS UNDER 40 C.F.R. SECTION 280.21, RESPONDENT AS THE OWNER/OPERATOR   HAS BEEN REQUIRED SINCE JANUARY 1, 1996 TO CLOSE TANK 1 IN   ACCORDANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. SECTION 280.70(C).  ADDITIONALLY,  RESPONDENT, AS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR, HAS BEEN REQUIRED     SINCE DECEMBER 22, 1998 TO AT LEAST TERMPORARILY CLOSE THIS  UST SYSTEM AND SINCE DECEMBER 22, 1999 TO PERMANTELY CLOSE   THIS UST SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 280,       SUBPART G, AS REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R. SECTION 280.21(A).  EPA  ALSO ISSUED RESPONDENT AN INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER ON      DECEMBER 11, 1999 BY REGULAR MAIL.  THE INFORMATION REQUEST  WAS RESENT ON FEBRUARY 9, 2000 BY FE

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