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COTTER OIL COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Combined With Another Case(s) · 36331

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1996-0025
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Combined With Another Case(s)
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 9006 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 1976 ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6991E, AS AMENDED BY THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE ADMENDMENTS OF 1984. 2. COTTER OIL COMPANY MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS FACILITY: CANEY GENERAL STORE HCR 66, HIGHWAY 14 SOUTH YELLVILLE, ARKANSAS 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE I, 42 U.S.C.SEC- TIONS 6991 - 6991I, BY 1) FAILING TO REPORT A SUSPECTED RELEASE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF DISCOVERY, 2) FAILING TO IN- VESTIGATE IMMEDIATELY AND CONFIRM A SUSPECTED RELEASE, AND 3) FAILING TO CONDUCT RELEASE DETECTION FOR TANKS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 9006 AND 9006(A), EPA PROPOSES A COMPLIANCE ORDER THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE RE- SPONDENT TO SUBMIT WRITTEN EVIDENCE TO EPA THAT 1) RE- SPONDENT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES WHICH SET FORTH INSTRUCT- IONS TO RESPONDENT'S OPERATORS IN REPORTING SUSPECTED RE- LEASES, 2) RESPONDENT HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES WHICH SET FORTH INSTRUCTIONS IN CONDUCTING RELEASE DETECTION AND CONFIRMATION OF A SUSPECTED RELEASE, AND 3) AND THAT RE- LEASE DETECTION IS CONDUCTED FOR ALL USTS IN ACCORDANCE TO REGULATIONS. EPA ALSO PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,688 FOR THE ALLEGED

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