9/8/15 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $31,000 DUE WITHIN 60 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT IS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE CLASS II UIC WELL THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE ORDER:
MINNIE HILL #1D
RESPONDENT'S PERMIT REQUESTS THAT A DEMONSTRATION OF MECHANICAL INTEGRITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 146.8 BE MADE NO LATER THAN 5 YEARS FROM THE LAST APPROVED DEMONSTRATION. A MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TEST (MIT) TO DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE PERMITTED SUBJECT WELL IS OVERDUE:
MINNIE HILL #1D - MIT DUE, 2/11/14. MIT NOT YET DONE.
THEREFORE, RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA, 40 CFR 146.8 AND 144.51(a), AND THE UIC PERMIT FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE ACTIVE PERMITTED SUBJECT WELL.
PERMIT REQUIRES THE PERMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INJECTION FLUID ANALYSIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 146.23(b)(1) AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS AND WHENEVER CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE INJECTION FLUID. PERMIT REQUIRES THE PERMITTEE TO SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF INJECTION FLUID ANALYSES TO EPA ANNUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 146.23(c). BASED ON EPA'S RECORDS, ANNUAL INJECTION FLUID ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR THE WELL WERE NOT TIMELY SUBMITTED AS SHOWN BELOW:
MINNIE HILL #1D - LAST FLUID ANALYSIS REPORT - 3/10/10.
THEREFORE, RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA, 40 CFR 146.23(b)(1), 146.23(c), AND 144.51(a), AND THE UIC PERMIT FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY SUBMIT TO THE EPA ANNUAL FLUID ANALYSIS RESULTS AS S