# SOMERSET REFINERY, INC.-UST
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20773`
- **Case Number:** 04-1992-0042
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOMERSET REFINERY, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

THE SOMERSET REFINERY, INC. ( THE REFINERY ) OPERATES AS A   REFINERY, CONVERTING CRUDE OIL INTO GASOLINE AND FUEL OILS.  IN 1986, THE REFINERY NOTIFIED THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 9002(A)(1) OF  RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6991(A)(1), THAT IT OWNED MORE THAN 250      UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS ( USTS ), WHICH CONTAINED PET-     ROLEUM, INCLUDING GASOLINE, KEROSENE AND HEATING OIL.        ACCORDING TO THE NOTIFICATION FORMS, THE USTS WERE LOCATED   AT APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SEVEN RETAIL GASOLINE STATIONS,       MAKING THE REFINERY ONE OF THE LARGEST UST OWNERS IN THE     COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.  ALTHOUGH ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE  BY REGION IV TO DETERMINE THE COMPLIANCE STATUS OF ALL OF    THE USTS OWNED BY THE REFINERY, THE UNCOOPERATIVE NATURE OF  THE COMPANY MAKES THIS IMPOSSIBLE.  AN INSPECTION WAS,       HOWEVER, CONDUCTED BY REGION IV OF 113 USTS, WHERE 148 RCRA  UST VIOLATIONS WERE DOCUMENTED.  THE VIOLATIONS ARE EX-      TENSIVE AND ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: A) FAILURE TO REPORT  AND INVESTIGATE RELEASES FROM EITHER TANKS OR PIPING WHEN    INDICATED BY A RELEASE DETECTION METHOD; B) FAILURE TO       PROVIDE A METHOD OF RELEASE DETECTION ON TANKS, PRESSURIZED  PIPING OR SUCTION PIPING SYSTEMS; C) FAILURE TO CLOSE TANKS  PERMANENTLY WHERE THE TANKS HAD NOT BEEN IN USE FOR OVER     TWELVE MONTHS; D) FAILURE TO INSTALL AUTOMATIC LINE LEAK     DETECTORS; E) FAILURE TO USE EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF MEASURING  PRODUCT LEVEL OVER THE FULL RANGE OF

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