2/12/13 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $16,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT SEPT 17, 2012, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 30 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL FROM A RUPTURED WELLHEAD AT ITS FACILITY INTO CAMERON CREEK AND MIDDLE FORK CREEK. THE DISCHARGED DESCRIBED ABOVE CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN WITHIN THE MEANING OF 40 CFR 110.3, TO BE PRESENT ON THE SURFACE OF A NAVIGABLE WATER AND ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES AND, THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINE TO BE HARMFUL. ACCORDINGLY, RESPONDENT VIOLATED CWA 311(b)(3).