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EPA Reaches Settlement with BG Products Inc. for Alleged Clean Water Act
Violations in Kansas
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 19, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and BG Products Inc. have reached a settlement to resolve alleged
violations of the Clean Water Act at the company’s automotive products
manufacturing facilities in Wichita and El Dorado, Kansas.
“It is critical for facilities that store large amounts of petroleum to
develop and implement spill prevention and response plans,” said David
Cozad, director of EPA Region 7’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Division. “These plans stop costly and destructive oil spills and protect
our nation’s water resources.”
According to EPA, both facilities had over 1 million gallons of oil storage
capacity and failed to develop required plans explaining how the company will
prevent and respond to oil spills that have the potential to reach waters. EPA
says that the facilities are on or near the Arkansas and Walnut rivers,
respectively.
Under the terms of the settlement, the company agreed to pay a $258,978 civil
penalty.
Shortly after EPA’s inspection, BG Products submitted the required plans to
the Agency.
Facilities that store 1,320 gallons or greater of oil products in aboveground
storage tanks are subject to Clean Water Act regulations that require, among
other things, proper containment to contain oil releases, inspections of tanks
and piping, and integrity testing of oil storage equipment. Facilities with
more than 1 million gallons of storage are subject to even more stringent
management and spill response capability requirements.
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