# STERLING RESOURCES, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `23049`
- **Case Number:** 04-1999-0149
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- STERLING RESOURCES, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

RESPONDENT FAILED TO: (1) PROVIDE ADEQUATE FINANCIAL         RESPONSIBILITY AND RESOURCES TO CLOSE, PLUG, AND ABANDON     EACH OF THE INJECTION WELLS; (2) PREPARE, MAINTAIN, AND      COMPLY WITH A PLAN FOR PLUGGING AND ABANDONING THE WELLS     IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO EPA; (3) PLUG ABANDONED            INJECTION WELLS AFTER A CESSATION OF OPERATIONS OF TWO       YEARS; (4)COMPLETE A MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TEST ON EACH       OF THE WELLS; (5) COMPLY WITH CASING AND CEMENTING           REQUIREMENTS.                                                BIG SINKING FIELD (LEE COUNTY) - 469 WELLS.                  OIL SPRINGS FIELD (JOHNSON COUNTY) - 26 WELLS.               ON 9/16/94, US DISTRICT COURT FOR EASTERN DISTRICT OF KY     HELD CHARLES PERDUE AND PERDUE-DAVIDSON JOINTLY AND          SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR $3,867,590 TOGETHER WITH INTEREST PLUS  COSTS OF THE ACTION.  TO DATE, JUDGMENT HAS NOT BEEN         SATISFIED.  IN ADDITION, ON 11/7/94, SAME COURT ORDERED      CHARLES PERDUE AND PERDUE-DAVIDSON TO PERMANENTLY            CEASE  WELL INJECTION  AND WELL PRODUCTION, AND TO           DISCONNECT ALL PIPES, LINES, AND OTHER CONVEYANCES.          ON 8/12/97, STERLING RESOURCES, INC., COMPLETED A STOCK      PURCHASE OF ALL ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING STOCK OF              PERDUE-DAVIDSON, EXPRESSLY ASSUMING ALL OF THE ASSETS        AND LIABILITIES OF PERDUE-DAVIDSON IN CONNECTION WITH        THE OPERATION OF THE INJECTION FACILITY.

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