8/28/2008 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. PART II, SECTION G(3) OF RESPONDENT'S PERMIT REQUIRES THAT A MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TEST (MIT) BE CONDUCTED EVER 5 YEARS ON AN ACTIVE WELL. RECORDS IN THE PERMIT FILES SHOW THAT THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE BINFORD #8 WAS LAST DEMONSTRATED ON DEC 6, 2000 AND THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE TAYLOR ETAL #1 ON APRIL 8, 2002. THEREFORE, RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE SDWA AND ITS UIC PERMIT BY FAILING TO TIMELY TEST THE SUBJECT WELLS FOR MECHANICAL INTEGRITY. ON MAY 1, 2008, EPA SENT RESPONDENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE SUBJECT WELLS. ON MAY 29, 2008, A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE WAS HELD BETWEEN EPA AND RESPONDENT DURING WHICH RESPONDENT AGREED TO PAY A PENALTY OF $4,000. EPA WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE SUBJECT WELLS DEMONSTRATED MECHANICAL INTEGRITY ON MAY 28, 2008.