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KOCH PIPELINE COMPANY, L.P. AND KOCH OIL COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Source Agrees · 37916

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1998-0220
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Source Agrees
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
Y

Defendants (2)

Summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. KOCH PIPELINE COMPANY, L.P. KOCH OIL COMPANY FACILITIES: 42 CRUDE OIL STATIONS IN TEXAS 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) UNDER SECTION 111 OF THE CAA. THE VIOLATIONS DISCLOSED WERE: 1) 44 FIXED-ROOF TANKS SHOULD BE FLOATING-ROOF TANKS; 2) 2 FIXED-ROOF STORAGE TANKS SHOULD BE FLOATING- ROOF TANKS; 3) THE COMPANIES WERE UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER 9 INTERNAL FLOATING-ROOF TANKS AND ONE EXTERNAL- FLOATING ROOF TANK HAVE APPROPRIATE ROOF SEALS; 4) COM- PANIES ARE UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER 19 INTERNAL FLOAT- ING-ROOF TANKS AND ONE EXTERNAL FLOATING-ROOF TANK HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INSPECTED AS REQUIRED; 5) COMPANIES ARE UN- ABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER 2 EXTERNAL FLOATING-ROOF TANKS HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AS REQUIRED; AND 6) 2 FIXED ROOF TANKS WHICH STORE CRUDE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS MAY BE SUB- JECT TO REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THEY BE EQUIPPED WITH FLOATING ROOFS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, AFTER A REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOL

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