# ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52502`
- **Case Number:** 09-1994-0034
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $5.50M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY OWNS AND OPERATES A PETROLEUM   REFINERY IN CARSON, CALIFORNIA.  THE PETROLEUM STORAGE       VESSELS AT THE REFINERY CONTAIN PETROLEUM LIQUIDS IN         VARIOUS FORMS SUCH AS GASOLINE AND CRUDE OIL.  TWO OF THE    VESSELS, WHICH STORAGE GASOLINE, ARE SUBJECT TO NEW SOURCE   PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN 40 C.F.R. PART 60,        SUBPART KA WHICH REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN TANKS EQUIPPED WITH    EXTERNAL FLOATING ROOFS  BE EQUIPPED WITH A COVER, SEAL      OR LID WHICH IS TO BE MAINTAINED IN A CLOSED POSITION        AT ALL TIMES (I.E. NO VISIBLE GAP) EXCEPT WHEN THE DEVICE    IS IN ACTUAL USE.  THESE THREE STORAGE VESSELS HAVE SLOTTED  GUIDE-POLES THAT EXTEND THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE ROOFS OF   THE VESSELS.  THE SLOTS IN THE GUIDE-POLES ARE VISIBLE GAPS  THAT VIOLATE NSPS SUBPART KA.                                  REGION 9 HAS PROPOSED A BOTTOM LINE PENALTY OF $179,200.   THE REGION WILL ALSO SEEK INJUNCTIVE RELIEF REQUIRING ARCO   TO REMEDY THE VISIBLE GAP PROBLEMS AT ITS THREE STORAGE      VESSELS SUBJECT TO NSPS SUBPART KA.  ADDITIONALLY, THE       REGION WILL SEEK TO HAVE ARCO RETROFIT TANKS EQUIPPED        WITH SLOTTED GUIDE-POLES THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO NSPS        SUBPART KA WITH EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES, EITHER AS A PART   OF A COMPREHENSIVE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PACKAGE (SUCH           RETROFITTING COULD COMPENSATE FOR PHASED-IN COMPLIANCE WITH  SUBPART KA AT THESE THREE VESSELS, AND THUS BE JUSTIFIED     AS PART OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF) OR AS A 

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