Region 10 Settles with Everts Air Fuel, Inc. (Fairbanks, AK) for CWA
Violations. On September 2, 2020, Region 10 filed an expedited settlement
agreement resolving violations of the
Clean Water Act by Everts Air Fuel, Inc. located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Respondent operates a bulk
storage terminal in Fairbanks, Alaska. An EPA spill prevention, control and countermeasure (SPCC)
plan review and a CWA reconnaissance inspection determined the facility truck loading/unloading rack
lacked adequate secondary containment, the SPCC plan was outdated and lacked numerous regulatory
requirements and facility lacked adequate spill prevention precautionary measures. At the time of the
inspection, the bulk terminal had a storage capacity of approximately 166,000 gallons but was in the
process of initiating a major tank storage expansion project. An oil spill from this bulk terminal facility
has the potential to enter the Chena River. The Chena River supports many fresh water fish species
including Arctic grayling, king salmon, longnose suckers and humpback whitefish. The Chena River
flows through Fairbanks and because of easy access, the river is considered the most popular sportfishing
river in Interior Alaska. The Chena River is tributary to the Tanana River, at approximately 3
river miles downstream of where an Everts oil spill would enter the Chena River. The Tanana River
flows into the Yukon River and then into the Bering Sea. All of these rivers are highly valued surface