Storage Tank Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Medford Facility
July 09, 2026
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a May 28th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to C & J Super Service, Inc. (“CJ”) alleging violations of the Oregon underground storage tank (“UST”) rules. See Case No. LQ/UST-WR-2025-524.
The Notice provides that CJ is the owner and permittee of a UST system at a facility in Medford, Oregon.
The UST system is stated to consists of three USTs and connected piping, with a total capacity of 27,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel.
ODEQ is stated to have conducted a compliance inspection at the facility on February 20, 2025. The inspection is stated to have determined:
- Failure to conduct monthly operation and maintenance walkthrough inspections.
- Failure to conduct annual operation and maintenance walkthrough inspections.
- Failure to conduct annual line tightness testing.
- Failure to conduct annual release detection equipment operability testing.
- Failure to conduct annual line leak detector testing.
- Failure to have the required 12 months’ worth of interstitial tank leak detection tests available.
- Failure to conduct initial overfill, spill prevention or sump testing.
The Notice proposes a civil penalty of $30,637.
The opportunity to request a contested case hearing is provided.
A copy of the Notice can be found here.
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