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Environmental Fines -- Underground Storage Tank (UST) Section (Division of Waste Management)


Civil Penalties Assessed During the Month of December 2005

Responsible Party

Facility Name

Violation(s)

Penalty Amount

Date Assessed

Woodrow McPherson, Jr.
865 NC Hwy. 343 N.
Camden, NC

Camden Co.

Gus McPherson Store (former)
865 NC Hwy. 343 N.
Camden, NC

Camden Co.

Violation of 15A NCAC 2L .0115(c)(4) by failing to submit a Limited Site Assessment report.

$3,414.06

12/13/05

James C. Henson
4075 Hickory Blvd.
Granite Falls, NC

Caldwell Co.

321 Fuel Stop
4075 Hickory Blvd.
Granite Falls, NC

Caldwell Co.

Violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0302 by failing to provide documentation showing that a field-installed impressed current corrosion protection system was designed by a qualified corrosion expert, violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0502 by failing to conduct SIR leak detection properly, and violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0601 and .0603 by failing to report and investigate a suspected release based on environmental conditions and based on failing leak detection results for a suction piping system.

$8,482.02

12/27/05

Eanes Oil Company
435 Old Durham Rd.
Roxboro, NC

Person Co.

Family Grocery
207 Hwy. 15 N.
Stovall, NC

Granville Co.

Violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0302 by failing to demonstrate compliance with corrosion protection and overfill control requirements for two UST systems, violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0506 by failing to provide third-party performance claims for its applied method of leak detection, and violation of NCGS 143-215.94U by placing petroleum product into UST systems at a facility for which the owner or operator did not hold a currently valid operating permit.

$15,546.81

12/27/05

Eanes Oil Company
435 Old Durham Rd.
Roxboro, NC

Person Co.

Talley's
5033 Hwy. 96
Oxford, NC

Granville Co.

Violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0302 by failing to demonstrate compliance with corrosion protection requirements and by failing to provide secondary containment for three UST systems located within 100 feet of a well serving a public water supply, violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0502 by failing to provide a valid method of leak detection for three USTs and by failing to meet leak detection requirements for three suction piping systems, and violation of NCGS 143.215.94U by placing petroleum product into UST systems at a facility for which the owner or operator did not hold a currently valid operating permit.

$19,565.32

12/27/05

Pacemaker Leasing Co.
101 N. Tryon St., Ste. 1900
Charlotte, NC

Mecklenburg Co.

Handy Pantry #10
3601 Chapel Grove School Rd.
Gastonia, NC

Gaston Co.

Violation of 15A NCAC 2N .0405 and .0805 by failing to submit a closure report for two UST systems.

$5,707.97

12/19/05

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