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BP P.L.C.

Washington, DC Underground Storage Tank Violations

Date: 10/15/2007 (Date of Settlement Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: EPA

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $6,350

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: B.P. Products North America Inc. and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled underground storage tank violations occurring at four of the company’s former gas stations in Washington, D.C. from 2002 through 2005. BP, which neither admitted nor denied EPA’s allegations, agreed to pay a fine for failing to perform corrosion protection inspections every 60 days at three of its four facilities, and for failing to provide release detection oversight for two small waste oil underground storage tanks at two of the facilities.