5/29/2012 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,515. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON MARCH 7, 2011, EPA CONDUCTED A COMPLIANCE INSPECTION (CI) OF RESPONDENTS' PETROLEUM UST SYSTEMS LOCATED AT CROSSROADS CONVENIENCE STORE, 1667 MEMORIAL PARK ROAD, LANCASTER, SOUTH CAROLINA 29720. CROSSROADS CONVENIENCE STORE IS A GASOLINE SERVICE STATION WITH FOUR (4) SINGLE-WALLED UST's INSTALLED ON JUNE 24, 1986. TANKS #1-3 ARE 8,000 GALLON GASOLINE UST's; TANK #4 IS A 2,000-GALLON KEROSENE UST.
AT THE TIME OF THE CI, THE SPILL PREVENTION EQUIPMENT (SPILL BUCKET) INSTALLED ON TAND #4 HAD A BROKEN SEAL AND COULD THEREFORE CAUSE PRODUCT TO SEEP INTO THE GROUND IN THE EVENT THAT PRODUCT IS RELEASED DURING THE DELIVERY OF PRODUCT INTO TANK #4.
EPA THEREFORE ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENTS FAILED TO HAVE ADEQUATE SPILL PREVENTION EQUIPMENT ON TANK #4.