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CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

Judicial · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 20553

$3.00M
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-1990-0027
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-3493
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

UPGRADE AND REMEDIAL WORK ON OIL CONTAMINATION; HOWEVER THE STATE STAYED THE PENALTY. REGION IV IS SEEKING: A CIVIL PENALTY OF $3,300,000 FOR ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR PAST NONCOMPLIANCE AT ALL 6 FACILITIES; ENFORCEABLE COMPLAINCE SCHEDULES AT ALL 6 FACILITIES; OUT- SIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS OF THE 6 FACILITIES; INTERNAL AUDITS OF OTHER CSX SITES. THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION AGAINST CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. FOR NPDES VIOLATIONS AT SIX OF ITS CSX RAIL TRANSPORT YARDS: 4 IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA (BALDWIN, MONCRIEF, EAST END AND WEST END); ONE IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA (WINSTON); AND THE ROCKY MOUNT YARD IN NORTH CAROLINA. AT EACH LOCATION THE PRIVATELY OWNED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT HAS EXCEEDED NPDES PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE THREE OIL SPILLS AT THE ROCKY MOUNT YARD AND ONE OIL SPILL AT BALDWIN. CSX IS PROPOSING UPGRADES AT THE 4 JACKSONVILLE FACILI- TIES AND IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITIES OF JACKSONVILLE AND BALDWIN TO TIE IN THE MONCRIEF AND BALDWIN YARDS, RESPEC- TIVELY. CSX IS SUPPOSED TO BE NEGOTIATING A CONSENT ORDER WITH FLORIDA DER FOR REMEDIAL SOIL CLEANUP AT EAST END. THE UPGRADES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT WINSTON YARD, BUT INTER- MITTENT VIOLATIONS HAVE OCCURRED. THE ROCKY MOUNT YARD IS UNDER A NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIV

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