# PRINGLE, RICHARD
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34384`
- **Case Number:** 06-1988-0142
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- R. PHILLIPS PRINGLE (complaint) (settlement)
- R. PHILLIPS PRINGLE CHILDREN'S TRUST (complaint) (settlement)
- RICHARD B. PRINGLE (complaint) (settlement)
- RICHARD B. PRINGLE CHILDREN'S TRUST (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DATA SHEET:                                                  *                                                            VIOLATIONS:                                                  FAILURE TO PLUG FOUR CLASS II INJECTION WELLS AS REQUIRED    BY 40 CFR 147.2905.                                          *                                                            PROPOSED RELIEF:                                             SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE REQUIRING COMPLI- ANCE WITH THE PLUGGING PROCEDURES SET OUT AT 40 CFR 147.2905 AND PAYMENT OF A CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST $12,404.  THE     REGION REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENCE PRE-FILING SETTLE- MENT NEGOTIATIONS.                                           *                                                            CASE SYNOPSIS:                                               RICHARD B. PRINGLE AND R. PHILLIPS PRINGLE, THE PRIMARY      RESPONDENTS IN THIS MATTER, ARE SMALL, INDEPENDENT OIL       PRODUCERS DOING BUSINESS IN OSAGE COUNTY, OK.                *                                                            OF RELEVANCE TO THIS LITIGATION REPORT ARE FOUR ENHANCED     OIL RECOVERY INJECTON WELLS LOCATED ON FOUR SEPARATE QUARTER SECTIONS OF LAND IN OSAGE COUNTY, OK.  THE OIL MINING LEASE  COVERING, AMONG OTHER TRACTS, THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC-  TION 29 (ON WHICH IS LOCATED WELL NUMBER 13), THE NORTHEAST  QUARTER OF SECTION 31 ( ON WHICH IS LOCATED WELL NUMBER 12)  AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION

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