U.S. Liquids of Louisiana, LP, which collects and treats produced water, oil-based and water-based drilling fluids and other wastes from oil and gas exploration and production projects, has been fined $13,552 by the federal Environmental Protection Agency for violations of Clean Water Act regulations.
The company also failed to schedule periodic spill prevention briefings; properly address containment of spills from truck loading, unloading and transfer areas; and to regularly inspect above-ground valves, piping and joints.
“EPA inspectors routinely inspect on-shore production and bulk storage facilities throughout the five-state region,” said EPA spokesman David Bary.
The spill prevention, control and countermeasure program is aimed at protecting water quality, since the spill of only one gallon of oil can contaminate 1 million gallons of water, said a news release reporting the fine.
U.S. Liquids, headquartered in Jennings, La., and with subsidiaries in Bourg, Elm Grove and Mermentau, La., and Rincon and Zapata, Texas, is a subsidiary of R360 Environmental Solutions, based in Houston, Texas.
Negligence from big companies is never acceptable and I am glad they are fined. It seems like Louisiana won't get rest from all the destruction that companies and nautral disasters has caused the state. USLL should be put on a sort of probation and be monitored by the EPA for a while.
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