June 25, 2021
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“Commission”) and Hunt Southland Refining Company, LLC (“Hunt”) entered into a June 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Order No. 7129 21.
The AO provides that Hunt operates a facility (“Facility”) in Warren County, Mississippi.
The Facility holds a Title V Operating Permit. See No. 2780-00059.
The Commission is stated to have notified Hunt of certain alleged violations of the Title V Operating Permit which include:
- Condition 5.B.3: The permittee failed to install a non-resettable hour meter on Emission Point AA-007.
- Condition 3.7: The permittee failed to comply with the maintenance requirements for Emission Point AA-007.
- Condition 5.B.5 ( d) and (g): The permittee failed to keep records of all maintenance performed on the air pollution control and monitoring equipment and records of the hours of operation of the engine that is recorded through the non-resettable hour meter.
Hunt is stated to have notified the Commission via a November 24, 2020, letter that a non-resettable hour meter was installed on September 4, 2020, and the maintenance requirements are being met.
The AO assesses a civil penalty of $45,000.
A copy of the AO can be downloaded here.
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