# AMERICAN ENERGY - B. F. HOBBS LEASE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42115`
- **Case Number:** 06-2002-4307
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMERICAN ENERGY (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. AMERICAN ENERGY - B. F. HOBBS LEASE                          P. O. BOX 2199                                               ABILENE, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS 79604                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(J) OF THE CWA     BY: 1) NO SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE        PLAN: 2) WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND A RECORD OF INSPECTIONS      ARE NOT MAINTAINED FOR THREE YEARS; 3) NO TRAINING ON THE    APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS; 4) 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; 5) SECONDARY CONTAINMENT    APPEARS TO BE GROSSLY INADEQUATE FOR TANKS AND CENTRAL       TREATING INSTALLATIONS; 6) EXCESSIVE VEGETATION WHICH AF-    FECTS THE INTEGRITY OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM; AND 7)        VISUAL TANK INSPECTIONS ARE NOT CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY BY    APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND/OR INSPECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE      TANK FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTS.                             4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE     CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE      AMOUNT OF $2,200 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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