# PRICE WELL SERVICES, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28101`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0279
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $12K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PRICE WELL SERVICES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PRICE WELL SERVICES, INC., OF PRINCETON, IN, THE DEF IN  THIS ACTION, OWNS AND OPERATES ONW UNDERGROUND INJECTION     WELL IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.                                    ON 7/18/91, THE USEPA ISSUED A FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE      ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C)(2) OF THE SDWA, 42 USC     SECTION 300H-2(C)(2), CITING THE DEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE   UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) REGS AT 40 CFR PART 144.  THE ORDER REQUIRED PRICE WELL SERVICES, INC., TO COMPLY     WITH THE ORDER AND PAY A PENALTY OF $12,000.                     TO DATE, THE DEF HAS NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE   ADM ORDER OR PAID THE PENALTY.  PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(B)  AND (C)(7) OF THE SDWA, 42 USC SECTIONS 300H-2(B)            300H-2(C)(7), THE ADMINISTRATIVE MAY REQUEST THE ATTORNEY    GENERAL TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION IN THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT  TO REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH A FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER HAS  BECOME EFFECTIVE.                                                RECENTLY, IN AN ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THIS MATTER PRIOR TO   THE FILING OF THE ACTION AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXECUTIVE    ORDER 12778, REGION 5 SENT A LETTER TO PRICE WELL SERVICES,  INC., AND ADVISED IT THAT REGION 5 HAD RECOMMENDED THAT A    CIVIL ACTION BE FILED AGAINST PRICE WELL SEVICES, INC.

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