# MURVIN AND MEIER OIL COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `19364`
- **Case Number:** 03-2000-0688
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MURVIN AND MEIER OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2000, EPA, REGION III FILED A CLASS I       ADMIN. COMPLAINT AGAINST MURVIN AND MEIER OIL COMPANY, THE   OWNER OF A DIKED-TANK SET IN CONNECTION WITH AT LEAST ONE    GAS-WELL LOCATED 2.6 MILES NORTHEST OF PULLMAN, UNION        DISTRICT, RITCHIE COUNTY, WV 26421.  IN ITS COMPLAINT, EPA   ASSERTS THAT THE FACILITY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 311(B)(3), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6).         SPECIFICALLY, THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT MURVIN AND MEIER    VIOLATED SECTION 311(B)(3) BY DISCHARGING OIL INTO A         NAVIGABLE WATERWAY.  THIS VIOLATION SUBJECTS MURVIN AND      MEIER TO PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 311(B)(6) OF THE CLEAN      WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6).  THE ADMIN.         COMPLAINT PROPOSES THE ASSESSMENT OF A PENALTY OF $2,500.

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