8/26/2014 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FILED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON JUNE 17, 2013, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 156 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE EPA OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FRIM THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSE TO THE EPA'S CWA SECTION 308 INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER.
RESPONDENT'S JUNE 17, 2013 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER, WHICH ENVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS SECTION 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4) OF THE CWA.