Mobil Oil was sued for violations of the Clean Air Act at their bulk gasoline terminals on Guam and Saipan.
“The primary purpose of this act is to protect and enhance the quality of the nation’s air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population,” states the complaint.
Mobil last month agreed to pay the penalties amounting to $2.4 million imposed by the EPA for violation of the law.
U.S. Attorney Mike Schwab said the consent decree, which “has been fully signed by the parties,” will resolve the claims brought in the complaint filed in the action.
It has not been entered into the district court because the U.S. must publish notice in the Federal Register and accept public comment on the proposed decree for 30 days.
Exxon Mobil Corporation ships refined petroleum products from its Singapore refinery to the bulk gasoline terminals located near the Port of Guam and the Commonwealth Port Authority on Saipan.
They receive a variety of refined petroleum products such as motor gasoline, aviation gasoline, jet fuel, and automotive diesel oil and store them in large storage tanks. The terminals then distribute these products by pipeline from their storage tanks to loading racks, where the products then go into tank trucks.
The claims for relief state that Mobil has failed to equip storage vessels with pollution controls, failed to equip loading racks with pollution controls, failed to install and operate continuous monitoring systems, failed to limit loading rack emissions, failed to conduct performance tests and failed to submit plans and reports as required by the Act.
