1/14/2014 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $11,849.77. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATION FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE PERMITTED SUBJECT WELL (G. R. CRAFTON #4)WAS PERFORMED LATE, AS SHOWN BELOW.
THERFORE, THE RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECTION 146.8, THE UIC PERMIT AND THE SDWA FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTERGIRTY OF THE ACTIVE PERMITTED SUBJECT WELL, AS SHOWN ABOVE.
BASED ON THE EPA'S RECORDS, ANNUAL MONITORING REPORTS FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE PERMITTED SUBJECT WELL ARE OVERDUE, AS SHOWN BELOW:
G.R. CRAFTON #4, LUCY P. SANDEFUR #10WI
THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECTION 144.51(a), THE UIC PERMITS AND THE SDWA FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY SUBMIT ANNUAL MONITORING REPORTS FOR THE ACTIVE PERMITTED SUBJECT WELLS, AS ABOVE.
THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT WELLS (REYNOLDS METALS #5, E.C. ALDERSON #5, JACK KNIGHT #2, CREEK-VINCENT #1, MCELROY #1) WERE IN EXISTENCE ON JUNE 25, 1985, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE UIC PROGRAM IN KENTUCKY AS IMPLEMENTED BY THE EPA, THEREORE ARE AUTHORIZED BY RULE AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN 40 CFR SECTION 144.21(a).
BASED ON THE EPA'S FIELD INSPECTIONS, THE FOLLOWING RULE-AUTHORIZED SUBJECT WELLS (JACK KNIGHT #2, MCELROY #1) ARE INACTIVE AND HAVE NOT BEEN PLUGGED, CLOSED AND ABANDONED. THE INACTIVE RULE-AUTHORIZED SUBJECT WELLS ARE OVERDUE FOR THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATIONS, AS SHOWN BELOW.