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J&M OIL COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 27696

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Case

Case Number
05-1991-0101
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS ORDER WAS ISSUED BECAUSE 2 OF 3 WELLS LISTED AS INJEC- TION WELLS FAILED THERI MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS IN SEPT. OF 1990. THE THIRD WELL LISTED WAS NEVER TESTED FOR MECHANI CAL INTEGRITY. J&M IS A SMALL COMPANY. THE WELLS WHICH FAILED MIT OR WERE NOT TESTE ARE NOT IN USE AS INJECTION WELLS SO THE VIOLATIONS ONLY OCCURRED FOR ONE DAY. - AFTER THE PROPOSED ORDER WAS SENT, MR. WINDELL CONTACTED C.CINCHELOE ABOUT THE ORDER. HE SAYS THAT HE CALLED THE STATE OF INDIANA ABOUT RESCHEDULING MIT FOR JAN., BUT THE WEATHER WAS BAD, SO HE CALLED AND RECIEVED ANOTHER EXTENSION HE PLANS TO TEST THE TWO WELLS THAT FAILED MIT IN APRIL. HE SAYS THE WELL THAT WE HAVE LISTED AS NEVER BEING TESTED FOR MIT IS A PRODUCING OIL WELL AND THE IN. PERMIT NEVER GOT CHANGED. HE DOES HAVE A THIRD INJECTION WELL WHICH HE PLANS TO PLUG SOON.

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