On April 4, EPA inspected Denbury Onshore LLC of Alvin, Texas and found that the company had failed to develop a facility response plan as required by Federal regulations. Specifically, the EPA was inspecting the Central Treating Station oil storage facility in Montgomery County.The company was fined $16, 600 for violating the federal Clean Water Act. This is their third time violating this act.
The Clean Water Act requires oil storage facilities that have a storage capacity of one-million gallons or more to develop and implement FRP to demonstrate a facility's preparedness to respond to a worst case oil discharge.
In July 2011, Denbury Onshore, LLC was fined $13, 905 for a 7, 560-gallon spill and $19, 927 for a 14, 700-gallon oil spill in July 2012. For more information about this article visit: Denbury Onshore Full Article
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