# FRANK W WHITCOMB CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2017 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601078474`
- **Case Number:** 01-2017-2016
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- FRANK L WHITCOMB (complaint) (settlement)
- FRANK W WHITCOMB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

06/21/2017:  The purpose of the SPCC program is to prevent oil spills before they happen, thus the need for a properly prepared and implemented plan is critical to the success of the program.  This settlement will ensure that the Respondent is implementing necessary precautions to reduce the occurrence and severity of oil spills at its facility.  The SPCC program is a direct implementation program.  On June 21, 2017, Region 1 entered into an expedited settlement agreement with Frank Whitcomb Construction Corporation (Whitcomb Construction) addressing violations of the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 112, promulgated under Section 311(j) of the Clean Water Act at its facility in Colchester, Vermont.  An EPA Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) inspection at the company revealed that the facility did not have a fully implemented SPCC plan and had poor oil storage practices.  Pursuant to the agreement, Whitcomb Construction will pay a $3,100 penalty.  

Whitcomb Construction operates a quarry and hot mix asphalt plant from a facility located in Colchester, Vermont.  The facility stores more than 115,000 gallons of fuel (including gasoline, off-road diesel, lubricant and emulsifier, and waste oil) in aboveground tanks.
On November 15, 2016, an authorized representative of EPA conducted an SPCC inspection at the facility.  The facility was unable to provide the inspector with a copy of the SPCC Plan.  On November 22, 2016, the facility sent 

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