Local company fined by TCEQ

A Jefferson County company was fined by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for petroleum storage tank violations pursuant to Texas Water Code and the rules of the TCEQ, the agency recently announced.

The owners of Stop N Drive 7, 2500 Gulfway Dr. in Port Arthur, were fined $8,504 for violations that included failure to monitor a temporarily out-of-service underground storage tank (UST) system for releases, failure to empty the UST system within 90 days after financial assurance coverage terminates, failure to ensure that the certified Class A and Class B operator was re-trained within three years of the last training date, and failing to provide an amended registration for any change or additional information to the agency regarding the UST system within 30 days from the date of the occurrence of the change or addition.

The date of the investigation was June 14, 2021, and TCEQ noted the respondent no longer owns or operates the facility as of Feb. 27, 2023.