EPA'S ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT CONCERNS ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 311 OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, AS AMENDED, ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON AUGUST 25, 2000, COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION WITH BUSINESS IN WEST VIRGINIA, VIOLATED SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA WHEN STORAGE WELL NUMBER 7532 LOCATED FIVE (5) MILES NORTH/ NORTHWEST FROM RIPLEY, JACKSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, DISCHARGED TWENTY TO THIRTY (20-30) BARRELS OF OIL, A PORTION OF WHICH FLOWED INTO AN UNNAMED BI-ANNUAL TRIBUTARY TO SYCAMORE CREEK, WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE WELL SITE AND TO THE ADJOINING SHORELINE. IT IS UNKNOWN EXACTLY HO MUCH OF THE OIL ENTERED THE BI-ANNUAL TRIBUTARY TO SYCAMORE CREEK. PURSUANT TO SECTION 311 (B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, THE COMPLAINT SEEKS A CLASS I PENALTY OF $10,500 FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATON.