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WILLIAMS OHIO VALLEY MIDSTREAM, LLC

Administrative - Formal · FY2016 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3600676312

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Case

Case Number
03-2016-0045
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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N

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Summary

ON APRIL 9, 2015, APPROXIMATELY 132 BARRELS OF NATURAL GAS CONDENSATE WERE DISCHARGED FROM RESPONDENT'S PIPELINE AFTER THE FOUR-INCH PIPELINE RUPTURED IN MARSHALL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THE DISCHARGED NATURAL GAS CONDENSATE ENTERED AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, WHICH FLOWS INTO WILSON RUN, WHICH, IN TURN, FLOWS INTO LITTLE GRAVE CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE OHIO RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF HTE UNITES STATES. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PIPELINE RUPTURE, A SHEEN WAS OBSERVED ON THE SURFACE OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, WILSON RUN, AND LITTLE GRAVE CREEK. THE CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER INITIATED AND RESOLVED EPA'S PENALTY CLAIM AGAINST WILLIAMS OHIO VALLEY MIDSTREAM, LLC FOR A VIOLATION SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA. WILLIAMS OHIO VALLEY MIDSTREAM, LLC AGREED TO PAY A PENALTY OF $14,400.00 TO RESOLVE THE MATTER.

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