CWA-09-2025-0109: Proposed Settlement of Clean Water Act Class II Administrative Penalty; SFPP, L.P., Houston, TX
Proposed Settlement of Clean Water Act Class II Administrative Penalty in the matter of SFPP, L.P., 1001 Louisiana St. Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77002. EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2025-0109.
Complainant: Amy Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Respondent: SFPP, L.P., Houston, Texas
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Respondent owns and operates oil and gas pipelines across the country and is authorized to conduct business in California.
Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondent is the owner and operator of Line Section 16 (“LS-16”), an oil and gas pipeline that transports petroleum products from Concord, California to San Jose, California. On November 20, 2020, a crack in LS-16 caused 975 barrels of gasoline to discharge into the environment in Walnut Creek, California. The gasoline discharged into a gravel subdrainage channel underneath the pipeline and into the San Ramon Bypass Channel and Walnut Creek. The crack in the pipeline caused a discharge of 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: $213,560