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NIAGARA OIL, INC. (Compliance Order)

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 24387

Penalty
Cost recovery
$26K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2001-0150
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

EPA IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL 13 INJECTION WELLS LOCATED ON LEASES IN RESPONDENT'S NIAGARA FIELD WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED OR AUTHORIZED BY RULE. THESE WELLS WERE OBSERVED TO BE IN OPERATION DURING AN INSPECTION. EPA DISCOVERED AN UN-CASED WELL AND A CASED WELL THAT FLOWS OIL AND BRINE TO THE SURFACE DURING INJECTION ACTIVITY. THESE TWO WELL COULD ALLOW (AND MAY HAVE ALLOWED) CONTAMINANTS TO MOVED INTO A USDW; RESPONDENT NEVER DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WELLS.

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