BP to Pay $210,000 for EPA Violations at Export-Import Terminal
BP Products North America will pay a $210,000 penalty and implement an enhanced oil spill response program at its oil export-import terminals nationwide, as well as a comprehensive compliance audit to resolve alleged violations of oil spill response regulations at its Curtis Bay Terminal in Maryland, said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice.
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EPA alleged that BP Products violated federal regulations requiring oil storage facilities to conduct drills and exercises to respond to oil spills at its Curtis Bay Terminal. The civil penalty is EPA's highest to date for violations of oil drills and exercises requirements where there was no discharge of oil. Under the settlement filed in federal court, BP Products will implement a first-of-its-kind program of spill prevention measures at its 33 non-refinery petroleum products terminals across the country.
BP Products also agreed to an independent compliance audit of 12 of its marine and high-risk petroleum product terminal facilities to ensure that each audited facility is in compliance with spill response requirements, and to evaluate whether the facilities have resources to respond to major spills.