DATA SHEET: * VIOLATIONS: VIOLATIONS OF 40 CFR PART 147, SUBPART GGG REGS APPLYING TO CLASS II INJECTION WELLS IN OSAGE COUNTY, OK: 1) FAILURE TO DOMO MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE WELLS PRIOR TO OPERATION AND 2) UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A DECREE WITH A MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTY OF $57,425. THE REGION REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENCE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. * RECENT CONTACE WITH RESP: FEB 1, 1988 COMPLIANCE MEETING AND SEVERAL TELE CONVERSA- TIONS. * CASE SYNOPSIS: SIDNEY GORE IS A SMALL, INDEPENDENT OIL PRODUCER DOING BUSINESS IN OSAGE COUNTY, OK. AS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF SALT WATER DISPOSAL WELLS IN SAID COUNTY, RESP IS ALLEGED TO HAVE VIOLATED, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THE SDWA, 42 USC 300F ET SEQ, AND THE UIC REGS APPLICABLE TO CLASS II INJECTION WELLS IN OSAGE COUNTY, OK, 40 CFR PART 147, SUBPART GGG. *