9/27/19 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,500.
VIOLATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT SEPT 6, 2016, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED LESS THAN 1,000 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON VILLAGE CREEK VIA AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY. THE EPA OBTAINED THIS INFO FROM THE EPA ON-SCENE COORDINATOR'S OBSERVATIONS DOCUMENTED IN THE POLLUTION REPORT, DATED SEPT 19, 2016, AND RESPONDENT'S RESPONSE TO EPA'S CWA 308 INFO REQUEST.
VILLAGE CREEK FEEDS THE LOCUST FORK OF THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE ATER OR ADJOINING SHORELINES.