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AMOCO OIL COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 57426

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Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
HQ-1999-1005
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
Y

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS WAS A SELF-REPORTED DETERGENT PROGRAM VIOLATIONS CASE . THE AUDIT POLICY HAS BEEN APPLIED TO ELIMINATE THE ENTIRE GRAVITY COMPONENT OF THE PENALTY, LEAVING ONLY THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT COMPONENT TO BE PAID. DUE TO A MISCOMMUNICATION WITH ITS ADDITIVE SUPPLIER, AMOCO SET ITS ADDITIZATION EQUIPMENT BENEATH THE LEGAL MINIMUM CONCENTRATION AT 14 GASOLINE TERM INALS. RESPONDENT HAS SINCE CORRECTED THIS ERROR AND HAS MAD E OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO PREVENT A REOCCURRENCE OF SUCH VIOL ATIONS.ETHYL WAS THE ADDITIVE SUPPLIER.

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