# WESTFORD TOWN OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2006 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `174936`
- **Case Number:** 01-2006-2101
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- WESTFORD TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON DECEMBER 27, 2005 APPROXIMATELY 500-1,500 GALLONS OF HEATING OIL DISCHARGED FROM THE UST AT THE ABBOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, THROUGH A FAULTY RETURN LINE. THE SCHOOL ESTIMATES APPROXIMATELY 65 GALLONS OF OIL ENTERED A CATCH BASIN AND EVENTUALLY TRAVELLED TO AN UNNAMED INTERMITTENT STREAM WHICH DISCHARGES TO STONEY BROOK. EPA PROPOSED AN EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT OF $3,000 TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER AS A CWA CLASS I ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THE TOWN OF WESTFORD ACCEPTED THE AGREEMENT.

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