July 19, 2007

On June 22, Buck's Oil Company, Inc. of Romulus admitted responsibility for a violation of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and was ordered to pay a civil fine of $2,000 and $210 in court costs by the 53rd District Court in Livingston County. The admission resolved a citation issued to Buck's Oil by the Department of Environmental Quality resulting from an allegation that the company hauled liquid industrial wastes from a business without the required transportation manifest.

"Hazardous materials must be transported with the utmost concern for safety," said DEQ Director Steven E. Chester. "In emergency situations, first responders rely on these manifests for critical information about the materials being transported."

This civil infraction is the result of the DEQ's inspection of records at a business being served by Buck's Oil.

Editor's note: DEQ news releases are available on the department's Internet home page at www.michigan.gov/deq.

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Revised July 19, 2007 by Pat Watson