6/17/16 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT 6/25/15, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 280 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON ROUGH CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. EPA OBTAINED THIS INFO FROM THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER REPORT. ROUGH CREEK EVENTUALLY FLOWS INTO THE ALAPAHA RIVER. THE ALAPAHA RIVER IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. AND IS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF CWA 311. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE OF OIL ON OR ABOUT JUNE 25, 2015, FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF ROUGH CREEK AND/OR UPON THE ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE ALAPAHA RIVER AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS CWA 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4).