# HERMAN L. LOEB
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2008 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1400004542`
- **Case Number:** 04-2008-1017
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- LOEB, HERMAN L. (SB) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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.

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