Denbury Onshore, LLC,
Fined a Third Time for Violating the Clean Water Act
(DALLAS
– September 20, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency has fined Denbury
Onshore, LLC, of Alvin, Texas, $16,600 for violating the federal Clean Water
Act.
On April 4,
2012, the EPA inspected the company’s Central Treating Station oil storage
facility in Montgomery County, Texas, and found that the company had failed to
develop and implement a Facility Response Plan (FRP) as required by federal
regulations. The Clean Water Act requires oil storage facilities that have a
storage capacity of one-million gallons or more to develop and implement an FRP
to demonstrate a facility’s preparedness to respond to a worst case oil
discharge. The facility’s drainage area travels to Crystal Creek, a tributary of
the San Jacinto River, and the facility has a storage capacity of over three
million gallons.
In July 2011,
the company was fined $13,905 for a 7,560-gallon oil spill into Crystal Creek
and $19,927 for a 14,700-gallon oil spill in July 2012.
The Clean
Water Act prohibits the discharge of oil or a hazardous substance into or upon
the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines in such
quantities that have been determined may be harmful to public health. The EPA is
charged with enforcing the Act and ensuring that human health and the
environment are protected from harmful impacts of these violations.
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