US Liquids of Louisiana,
LP, Fined for Violating the Clean Water Act
(DALLAS – July 17,
2012) The Environmental
Protection Agency has fined US Liquids of Louisiana, LP, of Jennings,
Louisiana, $13,552 for violating Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure
(SPCC) regulations outlined under the Clean Water Act.
A federal inspection of the company’s Bateman Island
marine terminal in St. Mary Parish revealed the terminal’s SPCC plan failed to
provide a prediction of equipment failures that could result in discharges,
personnel working at the facility had no training on the operation and
maintenance of equipment to prevent discharges, and facility inspections had not
been conducted.
The company also failed to schedule periodic spill
prevention briefings, address secondary containment of truck loading, unloading
and transfer areas, and to regularly inspect above-ground valves, piping and
joints.
SPCC regulations require onshore production or bulk
storage facilities to provide oil spill prevention, preparedness and response to
prevent oil discharges. The SPCC program helps protect our nation’s water
quality since a spill of only one gallon of oil can contaminate one million
gallons of water.
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at
http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
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