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ANTERO RESOURCES AND NOMAC DRILLING (ANTERO RESOURCES AND NOMAC DRILLING, O'RICE DRILLING)

Administrative - Formal · FY2015 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3600088631

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2015-0057
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

ON JANUARY 25, 2011, WHILE DRILLING THE LATERAL PORTION OF THE O'RICE WELL, A FUEL FILTER WAS BROKEN OFF A FILTER ASSEMBLY GOING TO A GENERATOR. AS A RESULT, 1,045 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL WAS DISCHARGED. APPROXIMATELY 600 GALLONS ENTERED INDIAN RUN CAUSING A SHEEN OR DISCOLORATION UPON THE SURFACE. INDIAN RUN IS A TRIBUTARY TO TEN MILE CREEK, WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY TO THE WEST FORK RIVER.

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