# BP EXPLORATION & OIL INC. - ALLIANCE REFINERY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37559`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0733
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $7K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BP EXPLORATION & OIL INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY    ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6901 ET SEQ.              2. BP EXPLORATION AND OIL INC., AN OHIO CORPORATION             LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 23                                         BELLE CHASSE, PLAQUEMINES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70037         3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY         FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SECONDARY CONTAINMENT IN A MANNER        THAT WOULD PREVENT MIGRATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES OUT OF      THE CONTAINMENT AREA.                                     4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA       PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $6,500 AND ISSUED A COMPLI-      ANCE ORDER TO THE RESPONDENT. THE ORDER REQUIRES THE RE-     SPONDENT TO 1) IMMEDIATELY INITIATE OPERATING PROCEDURES     WHICH ENSURE THAT THE ACCESS GATE IS PROPERLY REINSTALLED    WITH THE APPROPRIATE GASKETS EVERY TIME THE GATE HAS BEEN    REMOVED, 2) ENSURE THAT INSPECTION OF GATE, GASKETS, AND     INTEGRITY OF THE FIT AND SEAL IS MADE PART OF THE DAILY      TANK SYSTEM INSPECTIONS AND RECORDED IN THE OPERATING        LOG, 3) ENSURE THAT SUMPS ARE EMPTIED OF ACCUMULATED         WASTES AND/OR PRECIPITATION WITHIN 24-HOUR PERIOD, 4) EN-    SURE THAT INSPECTION OF THE SUMPS IS MADE PART OF THE        DAILY TANK SYSTEM INSPECTIONS AND RECORDED IN THE OPERA-     TING LOG, AND 5) NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECT-     IVE DATE OF THE COMPLAINT, CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH AC-       TIONS 1 THROUGH 4.

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