VIOLATIONS: The Respondent's facility was a point source discharge of pollutants, specifically oil field brine (produced water), to the receiving waters of a tributary of Black Bear Creek and a tributary of Camp Creek, located in the Northeast Quarters of Sections 8 and 9, Township 21 North, Range 5 East, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. The discharge of brine was documented during a June 30, 2004, inspection.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes up to a $32,500 penalty for the violations. An environmental restoration and protection SEP has been negotiated with Bluehawk and the Consent Agreement and Final Order contains details of the project. Completion date was scheduled for November 2004, and the cash penalty assessed against Bluehawk is $1750.