DECEMBER 10, 2025 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
On December 20, 2022, Respondent's Cedar Creek LT 32-1 Well at Latitude 31.273758? N & Longitude 86.873797?W (the Facility), discharged approximately 5,250 gallons of crude oil/water mixture in violation of Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. ? 1321(b)(3), as described in the attached Findings and Alleged Violations Form - Oil Spill Expedited Settlement Agreement (Oil Spill Violations Form), which is hereby incorporated by reference.
EPA is authorized to enter into this Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) under the authority of Section 311(b)(6)(B)(i) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1321(b)(6)(B)(i), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and 40 C.F.R. ? 22.13(b). The parties enter into this ESA to settle the civil violations described in the Oil Spill Violations Form for a penalty of $15,000. This ESA is subject to the following terms and conditions:
EPA finds Respondent's conduct is subject to the discharge prohibition of CWA ? 311(b)(3), 33 U.S.C. ?1321(b)(3), in conjunction with 40 C.F.R. ? 110.3, and has therefore violated the CWA as described in the Oil Spill Violations Form. The EPA also finds, and
Respondent admits, that the EPA has jurisdiction over Respondent for the allegations contained in the Oil Spill Violations Form. Respondent does not contest the findings and neither admits nor denies the allegations in the Oil Spill Violations Form. Respondent
also waives any obje