Respondent's Oil Field facility was a point source discharge of a pollutant to waters of the US. The facility was inspected by the EPA on July 22, 2010. During the inspection the EPA observed where the facility had discharged oil field brine and produced wastewater, generated by oil production activities, to a tributary of Boar Creek.
An Administrative Order is being issued that requires the Respondent to do the following: cease all discharges from the facility; remove brine and contaminated soils from the flow path; remove contaminated fluids and brine from the tributary of Boar Creek; and certify to EPA within 30 days of the Order's date that these activities have been completed.