# JAMES ROBERSON DBA ROBERSON ENTERPRISES
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33959`
- **Case Number:** 06-1985-0078
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JAMES ROBERSON DBA ROBERSON ENTERPRISES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319.  DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS IN VIOLATION OF NPDES PERMIT.         SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE.  CIVIL PENALTY     IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,000 AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS            FOLLOWS.                                                     1.  IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES FROM            THE FACILITY.                                            2.  SUBMIT AN APPLICATION PRIOR TO DISCHARGING.  IF THE          COMPANY ANTICIPATES ANY DISCHARGE.                     *                                                            *                                                            SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE:                                        ROBERSON OWNS AND OPERATES A TOTAL OF 17 OIL/GAS WELLS IN    FT. LYNN FIELDS, MILLER CTY, ARK WITH 6 LOCATED IN THE       SULPHUR RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.  A DESCRIPTION OF    THE PROBLEM WELL SITES IS BELOW.                             *                                                            THE MAJORITY OF THE DISCHARGES OCCURRED BECAUSE ROBERSON     FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE FREEBOARD AROUND THE SALTWATER   OIL PITS.  DURING HEAVY RAIN OR OCCASIONAL DISCHARGES FROM   STORAGE TANKS TO THE ITS, SALTWATER AND CRUDE OVERTOPPED THE PITS AND FLOWED INTO NEARBY WATERBODIES.  ALSO, AN EMERGENCY OVERFLOW PIPE ON A HEARTER TREATER WAS ROUTINELY OPENED TO   ALLOW WASHDOWN WATER TO FLOW OUT AND GET IN THE WATER SYS-   TEM.

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