Northcote Cleveland, LLC owned and operated an oil field production facility known as the Osage B Lease, located in Prue, Osage County, Oklahoma. The facility, which was inspected by EPA on September 3, 2022, September 8, 2022, and September 16, 2022, and discharged brine and produced water to waters of the U.S. without obtaining permit coverage. The inspector determined that the water located at the discharge point of entry flowed to the tributary of Mud Creek and Mud Creek and was contaminated with brine discharges.