# LOGSDON VALLEY OIL CO., INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2015 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3600361325`
- **Case Number:** 04-2015-1252
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- LOGSDON VALLEY OIL COMPANY, INC. (SB) (settlement)
## Summary

9/16/15 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. 

RESPONDENT IS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE SUBJECT CLASS II UIC WELL.

ON JULY 18, 2012, DURING ROUTINE INSPECTIONS IN HART COUNTY, KY, CONDUCTED BY THE KY DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (KDEP) AND THE EPA-AUTHORIZED INSPECTOR, THE INSPECTORS DISCOVERED A BURIED 2-INCH PVC INJECTION LINE LEADING FROM THE RESPONDENT'S TANK BATTERY, WHERE PRODUCED FLUIDS FROM CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION ARE STORED, TO THE SUBJECT WELL.

UPON CLEARING AWAY THE WOOD AND BRUSH THAT WAS PILED ATOP A RED LID, AND SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVING THE RED LED, THE INSPECTORS OBSERVED PRODUCED FLUIDS BEING ACTIVELY EMPLACED INTO THE SUBSURFACED THROUGH THE OPEN CASING OF THE SUBJECT WELL, USING THE BURIED 2-INCH PVC LINE FROM THE RESPONDENT'S STORAGE TANK.

A REVIEW OF EPA'S RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE WELL WAS NOT RULE-AUTHORIZED AS NO INVENTORY INFO HAD BEEN SUBMITTED AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 144.26 FOR RULE AUTHORIZATION. EPA'S RECORDS ALSO REVEALED THAT NO PERMIT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE WELL NOR HAD A PERMIT APPLICATION BEEN SUBMITTED FOR INJECTION INTO THE WELL.

40 CFR 144.11 PROHIBITS ANY UNDERGROUND INJECTION OR CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL THAT IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY RULE OR BY AN ISSUED PERMIT.

RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA AND 40 CFR 144.11 FOR UNAUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL AND UNAUTHORIZED UNDERGROUND INJECTION.

ON JULY 19, 2012, UPON LEARNING OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE UNAUTHORIZED WE

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