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Ethyl Corporation

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 57427

$68K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
HQ-1999-1006
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS WAS A SELF-REPORTED DETERGENT PROGRAM VIOLATIONS CA SE . THE AUDIT POLICY HAS BEEN APPLIED TO ELIMINATE 75% OF T HE GRAVITY COMPONENT OF THE PENALTY. RESPONDENT DETERGENT M ANUFACTURER MIS-COMMUNICATED THE MINIMUM CONCENTRATION RATE FOR ONE OF ITS DETERGENTS USED BY CO-RESPONDENT, AMOCO OIL C OMPANY. DUE TO THIS MIS-COMMUNICATION, AMOCO SET ITS ADDIT IZATION EQUIPMENT BENEATH THE LEGAL MINIMUM CONCENTRATION AT 14 GASOLINE TERMINALS. AMOCO HAS SINCE CORRECTED THIS ERROR AND RESPONDENT ETHYL HAS MADE OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO PREVEN T A REOCCURRENCE OF SUCH MIS-COMMUNICATIONS.

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