8/7/17 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,500.
ON OR ABOUT MARCH 5, 2016, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 1,500 GALLONS OF FOOD-GRADE OIL FROM ITS FACLIITY INTO OR UPON VILLAGE CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. EPA OBTAINED THIS INFO FROM RESPONDENT'S RESPONSE TO EPA'S CWA 308 INFO REQUEST.
VILLAGE CREEK FLOWS INTO THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER, WHICH FLOWS INTO MOBILE BAY. MOBILE BAY IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. AND IS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF CWA SECTION 311.