12/15/2015 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. FINDINGS AND ALLEGATIONS: ON OCT 4, 2014, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 400 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON LITTLE FOURMILE CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. EPA OBTAINED THIS INFO FROM EPA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATOR'S OBSERVATIONS DOCUMENTED IN THE POLLUTION REPORT. LITTLE FOURMILE CREEK FLOWS INTO THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THE TENNESSEE RIVER IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. AND IS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF CWA 311. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF LITTLE FOURMILE CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.