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Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 57220

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Case

Case Number
HQ-1997-0334
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Summary

10/17/97 TWO RFG VIOLATIONS: THE ENTIRE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS IS AN OPT-IN AREA FOR RFG. DIESEL DAN'S: ON FEBRUARY 16, 1995, EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT DIESEL DAN'S UNBRANDED GASOLINE RETAIL OUTLET LOCATED AT 10 PLEASANT STREET, LEE, MA. EPA'S INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE HAVING AN OXYGEN CONTENT LESS THAN ALLOWABLE MINIMUM WEIGHT PERCENT WAS BEING SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION.THE GASOLINE'S AVERAGE OXYGEN CONTENT WAS 0.125, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ALLOWABLE MINIMUM OF 1.5 OXYGEN WEIGHT PERCENT. PAYLESS: ON FEBRUARY 16, 1995, EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT PAYLESS OIL'S UNBRANDED GASOLINE RETAIL OUTLET. EPA'S INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE HAVING AN O XYGEN CONTENT LESS THAN THE ALLOWABLE MINIMUM WEIGHT PERCENT WAS BEING SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. THE GASOLINE'S AVERAGE OXYGEN CONTENT WAS 0.25 WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ALLOWABLE MINIMUM OF 1.5 OXYGEN WEIGHT PERCENT. EPA FURHTER DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT WAS A DISTRIBUTOR OF GASOLINE TO THESE RETAIL OUTLETS, MAKIN RESPONDENT LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATIONS.

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