BP Fined $210,000 for Oil Spill Failures
A major oil company has been hit with a $210,000 fine for allegedly violating oil spill response regulations, Grimy Times has learned.
BP Products North America, Inc. will pay the penalty and implement an enhanced oil spill response program at its oil terminals nationwide, including a compliance audit to resolve alleged violations of oil spill response regulations at its Curtis Bay Terminal in Maryland.
The Curtis Bay Terminal, located less than a quarter mile from Curtis Creek, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, can store about 22 million gallons of oil.
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 agency twice conducted unannounced government-initiated oil spill response exercises at the terminal, during which BP Products failed to adequately deploy oil containment boom.
“This agreement will help BP Products strengthen its spill response capabilities across the nation at 33 onshore oil terminals, implementing enhanced oil spill response measures, and requiring an independent auditor to evaluate a dozen high-risk onshore facilities for their readiness to respond to oil spills,” said Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Under the settlement, 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. The company will review and revise response plans for these facilities to ensure safeguards are tailored to the conditions at each facility, and will perform enhanced training, drills and exercises, exceeding regulatory requirements.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Public Corruption|Environmental Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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