← EPA enforcement cases

WALCO, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 55238

$4K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$5K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
10-1996-0021
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

NO SPCC PLAN. COMPANY FAILED TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES, METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PREVENTING THE DISCHARGE OF OIL. COMPANY ALSO HAD AN OIL SPILL LAST WINTER. ALLEGEDLY, THE SPILL RESULTED FROM VANDALISM (A CONTROL VALVE TURNED ON AND LEFT UNATTENDED). THE SPILL REACHED A SMALL CREEK IN THE AREA. IF COMPANY HAD HAD AN SPCC PLAN AND CONTROL PROCEDURES IN PLACE (RESTRICTED ACCESS, SECONDARY CONTAINMENT), THE SPILL COULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED OR AT LEAST CONTAINED WITH NO ENVIRONMENTAL HARM. AEP

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown