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US Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Case Number:
04-2009-5020
Case Name:
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Case Type:
Administrative - Formal
Result of Voluntary Disclosure?
No
Case Status:
Closed
Multi-media Case?
No
Regional Docket Number:
CWA-04-2009-5020
Enforcement Type:
CWA 311B6B1 AO For Class I Penalty - Spill Expedited Settlem
Relief Sought:
No Data
Violations:
Oil Spill Violation Under CWA/OPA
Enforcement Outcome:
Final Order With Penalty
Penalties:
*EPA settles the vast majority of its enforcement actions and almost all of these cases are settled without an admission of liability. The agreement to pay a penalty as part of a settllement does not necessarily reflect an admission of liability for
environmental violations by the company.
Total Federal Penalty* Assessed or Agreed To (not necessarily an admission of liability)
Total State/Local Penalty Assessed
Total SEP Cost
Total Compliance Action Cost
Total Cost Recovery
$4,500
$2,591,252
Case Summary:
6/18/2009 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING
A PENALTY OF $4,500. ON JANUARY 26, 2009, RESPONDENT
DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 3,300 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS
FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM. THE DISCHARGE
THEN FLOWED INTO ROCKY BRANCH CREK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE NEUSE
RIVER, AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Administrative Penalty Order With or Without Injunctive Relief
Enforcement Conclusion Name:
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Facilities in Settlement (FRS ID):
110039162937
Settlement Entered Date:
06/18/2009
Settlement Lodged Date:
Enforcement Conclusion Dollar Amounts:
Federal Penalty Assessed or Agreed To
State/Local Penalty Assessed
SEP Cost
Compliance Action Cost
Cost Recovery
$4,500
$2,591,252
Pollutant Reductions:
Pollutant
Annual Amount
Units
Media
SEP or Comp
Petroleum
3,300
Gals
SWT
C
Improvements in Reporting:
Pollutant
Average Annual Value
Units
Media
No Data Records Returned
Complying Actions:
Complying Action Type
Text Description
Removal of spill
NA
Supplemental Environmental Projects:
Categories
Description
No Data Records Returned
This report was generated by the Integrated Data for Enforcement Analysis (IDEA)
system, which updates its information from program databases monthly. The data were
last updated: ICIS: 08/13/2010