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WACO OIL & GAS (ROUTE 19 MORRIS DEVELOPMENT)

Administrative - Formal · FY2021 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 3602409646

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Case

Case Number
03-2021-0017
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

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Summary

On February 9, 2021, Region 3 issued a unilateral Administrative Order ( Order ) to Waco Oil & Gas Company ( Waco ) for CWA wetlands violations on the property it owns and operates located at approximately 1.25 miles southeast on Route 19 from the intersection of Route 19 and I-79 in Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia ( the Site ). The Site is approximately 392 acres in size. Beginning in September 2016, Waco operated equipment that discharged dredged and/or fill material to construct two flat pads and an access road causing direct impacts to 6 separate stream channels, filling approximately 2,059 linear feet of stream and 0.19 acres of wetlands, and secondary impacts as a result of the fill of downstream aquatic resources without a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This action is designed to protect ecologically important wetlands and streams that are waters of the United States. This matter was referred to EPA by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

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