SURAR CORP & ESCABI-TRABAL STORED USED OIL IN TANK # 5, AT THE GUANICA MILL FACILITY. SWT ILLEGALLY TRANSPORTED USED OIL FROM PRUOC TO THIS FACILITY. SUGAR COPR. & SWF FAILED TO COMPLY W/ THE PART 279 REQUIREMENTS. AFTER A SPILL & A CRIMINAL INVERSTIGATION & PLEA, SWF, IN VIOLATION OF ITS PLEA, SENT THE USED OIL TO EMS. THE OIL WAS TRANSPORTED TO EMS IN VIOLATION OF PART 279. ON 6/27/95, OIL BEING ILLE- GALLY STORED AT THAT FACILITY WAS RELEASED TO WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. REFERRAL SEEKS DIST. CT. ORDER ASSESSING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATIONS. * REFERRED TO DOJ ON 9/27/95 FACILITY NAME: SUGAR CORPORATION, GUANICA MILL FACILITY CITY & ST: GUANICA, PR 00653 **COMPLIANT FILED: 5/10/96 (SIX (6) DEFENDANTS NAMED) ***PARTIAL CD ENTERED 9/27/96 PENALTY OF $250,000 + INTEREST REC'D LTR DATED 1/13/97 $'S REC'D -#74458 (TO PART CD FILE). *DEFAULT JUDGMENT ORDERED ENTERED 4/2/97 ($'S DUE 1YR FROM THE DATE ORDER ENTERED UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED BY COURT.
CCDS: This was a case seeking penalties for the illegal stroage and discharge of use oil into the Guanical Bay. Following the release of the oil, all used oil that was still remaining in Tank No.5 was removed and the Coast Guard Oversaw the clean-up of the oil that had been released to the Guanica Bay. The EPA component settled for $325,813.62 based upon the transportation to and storage of used