ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

P.O. Box 30l463

Montgomery, Alabama 36l30-l463

(334) 27l-7700

 

PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER

 

Account Code:  330

 

Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, Ala. Code §§22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16 (2006 Rplc. Vol. and 2007 Cum. Supp.), the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue a Consent Order to Hi-Ridge Transport, Inc., which operates a gasoline transport facility located in Highland Home, Alabama.

 

The violation consisted of Hi-Ridge Transport, Inc. failing to process gasoline vapors through a vapor control system during transfer of gasoline from a gasoline tank truck into a gasoline storage tank.

 

The Department is proposing a civil penalty in the amount of $3,500.00.  The Order, if issued, would require the facility to pay a monetary penalty and comply with all requirements of ADEM Admin. Code R. 335-3-6-.07 and Jefferson County Department of Health, Air Permit No. 4-07-4184-0011, immediately upon the effective date of this Order and continuing each and every day thereafter.

 

Interested persons may submit written comments, including a request for a hearing, within 30 days of the publication date of this notice, to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, attention Ronald W. Gore, Chief, Air Division, P.O. Box 30l463, Montgomery, Alabama 36l30-l463.  The comment period shall end at the close of business 30 days from the publication date of this notice.  A copy of the proposed order is available on the ADEM web page at www.adem.state.al.us or may be obtained by written request to the above address.  A nominal fee for copying may be charged.

 

This notice is hereby given this 10th day of April 2008, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

 

 

 

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  Onis “Trey” Glenn, III

                                               Director