# SPRAGUE ENERGY CORP.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57220`
- **Case Number:** HQ-1997-0334
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SPRAGUE ENERGY, CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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