4/2/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON OR ABOUT JUNE 11, 2009, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 24 BARRELS OF SOYBEAN OIL FROM A TANK CAR AT ITS FACILITY INTO GILDER CREEK.
THE DISCHARGE DESCRIBED ABOVE CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN, WITHIN THE MEANING OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3, TO BE PRESENT ON THE SURFACE OF GILDER CREEK AND ADJOINING SHORELINES AND, THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE HARMFUL.
ACCORDINGLY, RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.