8/23/2018 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON AUGUST 13, 2016, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 2,300 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF NICKAJACK CREEK. THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF NICKAJACK CREEKS FEEDS THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.