4-19-2016 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUES, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500. VIOLATIONS: ON OR ABOUT MARCH 28, 2012, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 2,500 GALLONS OF OIL NEAR MILE POST 296.2 IN RUSSELL COUNTY, AL. THE DISCHARGE REACHED A PERENNIAL WETLANDS AREA WHICH IS ADJACENT TO AND CONTIGUOUS WITH COCHGALECHEE CREEK. EPA OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE EPA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATOR'S POLLUTION REPORT. COCHGALECHEE CREEK FLOWS INTO THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE OF OIL ON OR ABOUT MARCH 28, 2012, FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE PERENNIAL WETLANDS AND/OR UPON THE ADJOINING SHORELINES, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.