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TENSAS DELTA LAND COMPANY - WELLS T-26 AND T-123 CENTRAL TAN

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 39548

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Case

Case Number
06-1999-0884
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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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. TENSAS DELTA LAND COMPANY FACILITY: WELLS T-26 AND T-123 CENTRAL TANK BATTERY CYPRESS BAYOU FIELD TROUT, LA SALLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 71371 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY: 1) NO EVIDENCE OF THREE YEAR REVIEW OF PLAN BY OWNER/OP- ERATOR; 2) ACCUMULATED OIL IN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM(S) IS NOT PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO STORAGE OR PROPERLY DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS; 3) DRAINS FOR THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS AT THE TANK BATTERY(IES) AND CENTRAL TREATMENT STATIONS ARE NOT CLOSED AND SEALED AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT WHEN RAINWATER IS BEING DRAINED; 4) TANK MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OIL STORED AND THE CONDITIONS OF STORAGE; 5) EXCESSIVE VEGETATION WHICH AFFECTS THE INTEG- RITY OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM; 6) WALLS OF CONTAINMENT SYSTEM ARE SLIGHTLY ERODED OR HAVE LOW AREAS; 7) VISUAL TANK INSPECTIONS ARE NOT CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY BY APPRO- PRIATE PERSONNEL AND/OR INSPECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE TANK FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTS; AND 8) ABOVE GROUND VALVES AND PIPELINES ARE NOT EXAMINED PERIODICALLY ON A SCHEDULED BASIS FOR GENERAL CONDITION.

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