10/15/2015 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
RESPONDENT'S ON FEBRUARY 14, 2014 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF HOMINY CREE AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH FLOWS TO THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER, AND THREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.
RESPONDENT'S FEBRUARY 14, 2014 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON HOMINY CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH FLOWS TO THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3. RESPONDENT THEREFORE VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)93) OF THE CWA.