# GULF OIL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `759`
- **Case Number:** 01-1997-0205
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $40K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $10K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF OIL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

GULF'S LOADING RACK USED TO DELIVER GASOLINE TO TANK       TRUCKS WAS MODIFIED IN 1993 WITHOUT APPLYING FOR AND OBTAIN- ING A PERMIT.                                                  GULF MODIFIED A STORAGE TANK BY CONVERTING IT FROM HEAT-   ING OIL TO GASOLINE STORAGE, WITHOUT APPLYING FOR A PERMIT   FROM THE CONNECTICUT DEP.                                      GULF FAILED TO TEST ITS GASLINE LOADING RACK EMISSION      CONTROL EQUIPMENT AS REQUIRED BY NSPS.                         ON 23 SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, GULF  LOADED GASOLINE INTO TANK TRUCKS DURING PERIODS OF EMISSION  CONTROL EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.                                 THE REGION HAS CALCULATED A PROPOSED MINIMUM PENALTY OF    APPROXIMATELY $367,500. APPROPRIATE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF        INCLUDES REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY  PERMITS UNDER THE SIP, AND TO OPERATE THE EMISSION CONTROL   EQUIPMENT AT ALL TIMES GASOLINE IS BEING LOADED.

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