2/4/16 - EXPEDITED OIL SPILL AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2014, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 2,520 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON A PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF THE BOGUE HOMO AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE EPA OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER 1095636.
RESPONDENT'S SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON A PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF THE BOGUE HOMO, AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE CHICKASAWHAY 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.