# JAMES OIL CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34022`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0036
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JAMES OIL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DATA SHEET:                                                  *                                                            DEFENDANT:                                                   PETE JAMES ENTERPRISES, INC., AND EDGAR P. JAMES OPERATE     OIL PRODUCTION WELLS AND SALT WATER DISPOSAL WELLS IN THE    OSAGE MINERAL RESERVE, OSAGE COUNTY, OK.                     *                                                            VIOLATIONS:                                                  VIOLATION OF SECTION 1423 OF THE SDWA, BY INJECTING WITHOUT  A PERMIT OR AUTHORIZATION BY RULE.                           *                                                            PROPOSED RELIEF:                                             SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE AND A MINIMUM     CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.                      *                                                            RECENT CONTACT W/DEFENDANTS:                                 THE MOST RECENT CONTACT WITH DEFENDANTS WAS ON SEPT 2, 1986. DEFENDANTS HAVE COME INTO COMPLIANCE.                        CASE SYNOPSIS:                                               THIS IS AN ACTION TO ENFORCE PART C OF THE FEDERAL SDWA,     42 USC 300F, ET SEQ, CONCERNING PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND    SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER.  AUTHORITY TO COMMENCE A CIVIL    ACTION IS PROVIDED IN SDWA 1423 (A)(2) AND (B), 42 USC       300H-2(A)(2) AND (B).                                        *                                   

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