3/20/14 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF
ALLEGATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT JUNE 10, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 43 BARRELS OF SOYBEAN OIL FROM ITS ONSHORE FACILITY AT THE 90 DEGREE TURN ON HWY 60. A PORTION OF THE DISCHARGED OIL FLOWED INTO THE OHIO RIVER AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES.
RESPONDENT'S JUNE 10, 2010 DISCHARGE OF SOYBEAN OIL FROM ITS ONSHORE FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE OHIO RIVER AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES, AND THEREFORE, THE DISCHARGE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.
ACCORDING, RESPONDENT VIOLATED CWA SECTION 311(b).