# B-3 OIL COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2013 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400031385`
- **Case Number:** 06-2013-1723
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- B-3 OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- B-3 Oil Company
## Summary

On Nov 28, 2012, EPA Region 6 issued an Administrative Order (AO) under its authority pursuant to Section 301 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) to B-3 Oil company located in Caldwell county, Luling, TX. The AO was issued in response to violations of an unauthorized discharge of oil field brine and producted wastewater to a water of the U.S. The AO orders B-3 Oil to cease and desist all discharges of pollutants from the facility; obtain permit coverage; and remove brine from the discharge flow path and the tributary of the West Fork of Plum Creek.  B-3 Oil  must respond to EPA within thirty (30) days of receipt of the AO.

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