# THORNTON PAGE NATURAL GAS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `39508`
- **Case Number:** 06-1999-0844
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- THORNTON PAGE NATURAL GAS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ),      33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL    POLLUTION ACT OF 1990.                                    2. THRONTON PAGE NATURAL GAS                                    FACILITY: MRS. B. T. GALLAGHER LEASE                                   SEC. 31, T9 N, R2 E, LITTLE CREEK FIELD                      LITTLE CREEK, LA SALLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 71371  3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY:    1) PLAN NOT CERTIFIED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER; 2) NO      MANAGEMENT APPROVAL OF PLAN; 3) ACCUMULATED OIL IN THE       SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM(S) IS NOT PICKED UP AND RE-     TURNED TO STORAGE OR PROPERLY DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE      WITH THE REGULATIONS; 4) TANK MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION      ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OIL STORED AND THE CONDITIONS    OF STORAGE; 5) VISUAL TANK INSPECTIONS ARE NOT CONDUCTED     PERIODICALLY BY APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND/OR INSPECTIONS     DO NOT INCLUDE TANK FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTS; 6) TANK BAT-    TERY INSTALLATIONS ARE NOT  FAIL-SAFE  ENGINEERED; AND 7)    ABOVE GROUND VALVES AND PIPELINES ARE NOT EXAMINED PER-      IODICALLY ON A SCHEDULED BASIS FOR GENERAL CONDITION.

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