AUGUST 26, 2024 - SPCC Expedited Settlement Agreement
On March 21, 2023, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted an inspection of the Respondent's facility located at 327 Sand Bar Ferry Road, Augusta, Georgia 30901 (the Facility), to determine compliance with the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. Part 112 under Section 311(j) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), as amended, 33 U.S.C. ? 1321(j). EPA determined that Respondent, as owner of the Facility, violated the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations as noted on the attached ?Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) Inspection Findings, Alleged Violations, and Proposed Penalty Form? (Form), which is incorporated by reference.
EPA is authorized to enter into this Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) under the authority of Section 311(b)(6)(B)(i) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1321(b)(6)(B)(i), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and 40 C.F.R. ? 22.13(b). The parties enter into this ESA to settle the the civil violations described in the Form for a penalty of $1,450.
EPA finds Respondent is subject to the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations and has violated the regulations as described in the Form. Respondent admits it is subject to the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations and that EPA has jurisdiction over Respondent and Respondent's conduct as described. Respondent does not contest the inspection findings and neither admits nor denies the allegations in the