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UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Withdrawn by Region/State · 39509

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0845
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Withdrawn by Region/State
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

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. UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION COMPANY FACILITY: URANIA LUMBER CO. A LEASE SEC. 24, T10 N, R1 E URANIA, LA SALLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 71480 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY: 1) NO SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE PLAN; 2) ACCUMULATED OIL IN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM(S) IS NOT PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO STORAGE OR PROPERLY DIS- POSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS; 3) FIELD DRAINAGE DITCHES, ROAD DITCHS, AND OIL TRAPS, SUMPS, OR SKIMMERS ARE NOT REGULARLY INSPECTED FOR OIL, AND/OR OIL IS NOT REMOVED; 4) TANK MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OIL STORED AND THE CONDITIONS OF STORAGE; 5) EXCESSIVE VEGETATION WHICH AFFECTS THE INTE- GRITY OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM; 6) VISUAL TANK INSPECT- IONS ARE NOT CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY BY APPROPRIATE PER- SONNEL AND/OR INSPECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE TANK FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTS; AND 7) ABOVE GROUND VALVES AND PIPELINES ARE NOT EXAMINED ON A SCHEDULED BASIS FOR GENERAL CONDI- TION. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT

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