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EOTT ENERGY OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 39513

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Case

Case Number
06-1999-0849
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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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. EOTT ENERGY OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FACILITY: EOTT ENERGY L.P. STORAGE TANK NO. 257 SEC. 25, T10 N, R1 E, URANIA FIELD TULLOS, LA SALLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 71479 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY: 1) PLAN HAS INADEQUATE OR NO DISCUSSION OF FACILITY DRAINAGE; 2) EXCESSIVE VEGETATION WHICH AFFECTS THE IN- TEGRITY OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM; 3) VISIBLE OIL LEAKS RESULTING IN ACCUMULATION OF OIL IN DIKED AREAS ARE NOT PROPMTLY CORRECTED; 4) PLAN HAS INADEQUATE OR NO DISCUS- SION OF BULK STORAGE TANKS; 5) ABOVEGROUND VALVES AND PIPELINES ARE NOT INSPECTED REGULARLY; 6) PLAN HAS INADE- QUATE OR NO DISCUSSION OF FACILITY TRANSFER OPERATIONS, PUMPING, AND IN-PLANT PROCESSES; 7) PLAN HAS ADEQUATE OR NO DISCUSSION OF FACILITY TANK CAR AND TANK TRUCK LOAD- ING/UNLOADING RACK; 8) FACILITY NOT FULLY FENCED AND EN- TRANCE GATES ARE NOT LOCKED AND/OR GUARDED WHEN PLANT IS UNATTENDED OR NOT IN PRODUCTION; 9) FACILITY LIGHTING NOT COMMENSURATE WITH THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF FACILITY TO FACILITATE THE DISCOVERY OF SPILLS DURING HOURS OF DARK- NESS AND TO DETER VANDALISM; AND 10) PLAN HAS INADEQUATE OR NO DISCUSSION OF FACILITY SECU

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