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ALON USA, LP

Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 42208

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Case

Case Number
06-2002-4803
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1321(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. ALON USA, LP CRUDE OIL TRANSMISSION LINE SEGMENT BETWEEN HEARNE AND SHIRO, APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILES SOUTH OF BEDIAS AND 2.5 MILES NORTH OF SINGLETON, TX. WITHIN THE WILLIAM FISHER SURVEY, A-211 BEDIAS, GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS 77831 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 245 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED INTERMITTENT STREAM AND AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO $27,500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

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