9/8/15 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $9,512.23, DUE WITHIN 60 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT IS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE FOLLOWING CLASS II WELLS:
H.H. GREGORY #1
CRAFTON-BLAIR#8
CRAFTON-BLAIR #14
MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS (MITs) TO DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE RULE-AUTHORIZED SUBJECT WELLS ARE OVERDUE, AS SHOWN BELOW:
H.H. GREGORY #1 - MIT DUE, 5/14/08. MIT NOT DONE.
CRAFTON-BLAIR #14 - MIT DUE 5/14/08. MIT NOT DONE.
THEREFORE, RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA, 40 CFR 144.28(g)(2)(iv), 146.8 AND 144.28(a) FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE RULE-AUTHORIZED SUBJECT WELLS.
MONITORING RESULTS FOR THE SUBJECT WELLS WERE NOT SUBMITTED, AS SHOWN BELOW:
THE REGULATION AT 40 CFR 14428(g)(2)(ii)(B) STATES THAT THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A RULE-AUTHORIZED INJECTION WELL IS REQUIRED TO MONITOR THE INJECTION PRESSURE, FLOW RATE AND CUMULATIVE VOLUME OF THE INJECTED FLUID ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 40 CFR 144.28(h)(2)(I) CONTAINS THE REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT ALL MONITORING RESULTS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (g)(2) TO THE EPA ANNUALLY.
H.H. GREGORY #1 - LAST MONITORING REPORT, 2008.
CRAFTON-BLAIR - 2008
CRAFTON-BLAIR - 2008
THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 144.28(g)(2)(ii)(B), 144(h)(2)(I) and 14428(a) AND THE SDWA, FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT ANNUAL MONITORING RESULTS FOR THE SUBJECT WELLS.