VIOLATIONS: The Respondent's tank battery facility was a point source discharge of pollutants, specifically brine, to the receiving waters of a tributary to Dry Hollow Creek, located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 26 North, Range 10 East, Osage County, Oklahoma. The discharge of brine was documented during a February 11, 2003 inspection.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes up to a $27,500 penalty for the violations. J&L Oil Company implemented a SEP which addressed lease maintenance, operations and improvements, as well as historic environmental degradation. The SEP included: properly removing and disposing of contaminated soil; repaired equipment and infrastructure; re-constructed secondary containment; purchased and installed pumps to re-circulate fluids; excess equipment removal; and soil remediation and restoration.