CWA-09-2024-0042: Shasta-Siskiyou Transport, Redding, CA
CWA Section 311 Class II Administrative Penalty Consent Agreement and Final Order in the matter of Shasta-Siskiyou Transport, P.O. Box 990327, Redding, California 96099 pursuant to 40 C.F.R. §§ 22.13(b) and 22.18. EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2024-0042.
Complainant: Amy Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105
Respondent: Shasta-Siskiyou Transport, Redding, California
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Respondent owns and operates a commercial fueling transport company incorporated in California with an address at P.O. 990327, Redding, California 96099.
Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondent is or was the owner and operator of a tanker truck that was carrying a fuel product (TransMix, a mixture of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum distillates) at the intersection of Pine Street and East Street in downtown Redding, California on January 21, 2022, when it overturned. The tanker truck was damaged and discharged TransMix into nearby storm drains, including drains which led directly into Calaboose Creek and subsequently into the Sacramento River. Respondent’s overturned tanker truck discharged oil in such quantities as may be harmful into or upon the navigable waters of the United States and adjoining shorelines in violation of CWA Section 311(b)(3), 33 U.S.C. § 1321(b)(3).
Proposed Penalty: $208,840.46