On November 25, 2011, EPA Region 6 issued an Administrative Order (AO) under its authority pursuant to Section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act to Robinowitz Oil Company, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The AO was issued in response to the following violations: 1) Failure to plug an injection well within one year of terminating injection operations; and
2) maintaining the well in a manner which could allow contaminants to move through the well bore into fresh ground water resources. The AO requires the well to be plugged. Robinowitz Oil Company must respond to EPA Region 6 within 30 days from the effective date of the Final Order. For more information, see documents, below.