7/27/2010 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,000.
ON MARCH 22, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 2,000 GALLONS OF OIL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 311(a)(1) OF THE ACT, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE GREEN BAY BRANCH WHICH FLOWS INTO THE CYPRESS SWAMP WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE ASHLEY RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
RESPONDENT'S MARCH 22, 2010, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE GREEN BAY BRANCH OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3.