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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Ziptron Energy, Inc. (“ZEI”) entered into a February 23rd Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) to resolve alleged violations of the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act..
The Agreement provides that ZEI is the registered owner of three underground storage tanks (“USTs”) (“Facility”) in Cookville, Tennessee.
The Facility is alleged to have committed the following violations:
- Failure to conduct release detection monitoring at least monthly
- Failure to keep spill catchment basins free of water, dirt, debris
- Failure to cooperate with the TDEC Division of Underground Storage Tanks (“Division”) by failing to provide documents, testing, or monitoring records to the Division
ZEI is stated to have corrected the previously cited violations and completed UST training.
The Agreement assesses a civil penalty of $8,870.
A copy of the Agreement can be downloaded here.
