# Ethyl Corporation
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57427`
- **Case Number:** HQ-1999-1006
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $68K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ETHYL CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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