# BILCARE RESEARCH, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2018 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601493483`
- **Case Number:** 03-2018-0017
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- BILCARE RESEARCH, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On June 27, 2018, EPA filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order, which initiated and settled EPA's penalty claim for violations of Clean Water Act Section 311(j)(1)(C) against Bilcare Research, Inc (Respondent), which EPA inspectors observed during an inspection of Respondent's facility in Delaware City, DE ( the Facility ). Section 311 of the CWA and its implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R Part 112 (SPCC Rules) are designed to protect human health and the environment by helping facilities prevent a discharge of oil into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. EPA alleged that the facility had a total above ground oil storage capacity of approximately 55,000 gallons, that the Facility is located less than half a mile from a tributary of the Delaware River, and that it lacked an SPCC plan. The Consent Agreement additionally alleges that the facility failed to implement SPCC Plan safeguards on secondary containment, required training, mandatory inspections, and correction of visible discharges. Respondent has agreed to pay a penalty of $32,282. The CWA is a direct implementation program; however, EPA has informed the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control of EPA's planned action and it did not object.

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