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KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, LACYGNE, KS

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 45543

$200
Penalty
Cost recovery
$1K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
07-1996-0254
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

VIOLATIONS: ON OR ABOUT JULY 2, 1995, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 200 GALLONS OF MOBIL 797 LUBE OIL, FROM THE LACYGNE POWER STATION, INTO OR UPON LACYGNE LAKE AND ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. RELIEF: THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION IS REFLECTED IN THE SIZE OF THE OIL SPILL. THIS VIOLATION INVOLVED A TOTAL OF SIX (6) BARRELS BEING DISCHARGED. A BASE PENALTY OF $1,000 PER BARREL OF OIL WAS DETERMINED USING THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN CWA SECTION 311(B)(7): $1,000 PENALTY FACTOR X 6 NUMBER OF BARRELS DISCHARGED $6,000 BASE PENALTY

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