# EVANS LUMBER CO., INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57309`
- **Case Number:** HQ-1998-0020
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** $12K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EVANS LUMBER CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON DECEMBER 18, 1996, EPA INSPECTED EVANS, LOCATED AT        527 W. MAIN ST., WAVERLY, VA.  DURING THE INSPECTION,        SAMPLES OF DIESEL FUEL WERE TAKEN FROM EVAN'S ABOVE          GROUND STORAGE TANK AND FROM THE PROPULSION TANKS OF         3 OF EVAN'S 1974 MACK TRUCKS.  THE DIESEL FUEL FOUND IN THE  STORAGE TANK HAD A SULFUR CONTENT OF .1756 WT. PERCENT;      TRUCK #2, VIN: MB607T4015, HAD A SULFUR CONTENT OF .1805     WT. PERCENT; AND TRUCK #3, VIN: R685ST37023, HAD A SULFUR    CONTENT OF .1762 WT. PERCENT.  AS A RESULT OF THE INSPECTION EPA DETERMINED THAT EVANS INTRODUCED OR CAUSED OR ALLOWED    THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE 3 MOTOR VEHICLES DESCRIBED ABOVE   DIESEL FUEL WHOSE SULFUR CONTENT EXCEEDED THE 0.05 WT.       PERCENT STANDARD.  THEREFORE, EVANS WAS HELD LIABLE FOR 3    VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 211(G) OF THE ACT, 42 USC SECTION      7545(G).

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