ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

P O Box 301463 (Zip 36130-1463)

1400 Coliseum Boulevard (Zip 36110-2059)

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463

(334) 271-7700

PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER

Account No. 350

Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, Ala. Code §§22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16 (2006 Rplc. Vol.), the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue a Consent Order to Union Oil of California (UNOCAL), the owner/operator of the Chunchula Gas Plant currently operating in Chunchula, Mobile County, Alabama.

The violations consisted of failure to operate a control device and failure to meet the formaldehyde emission limit as required by Major Source Operating Permit (No. 503-4005).

The Department is proposing a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000. The order, if issued, would require UNOCAL to comply with all requirements of ADEM Administrative Code div. 335-3 and Major Source Operating Permit No. 503-4005 immediately upon the effective date of this Order and continuing each and every day thereafter.

Interested persons may submit written comments, including request for a hearing, within 30 days of the publication date of this notice, to:

Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Attention: Ron W. Gore, Chief of the Air Division

P. O. Box 301463

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463.

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 adem.alabama.gov or may be obtained by written request to the above address. A nominal fee for copying may be charged.

This notice is hereby given August 8, 2012 by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

 

Lance R. LeFleur

Director