2/9/16 - EXPEDITED OIL SPILL AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ON JANUARY 5, 2015, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 336 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON PINEY CREEN AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE EPA OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER 110492.
RESPONDENT'S JANUARY 5, 2015, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON PINEY CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE LEAF RIVER, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3. RESPONDENT THEREFORE VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.