# FOUR BROTHERS, INCORPORATED
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36328`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0022
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- J. SCOTT DUCHARME (complaint)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ),     42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C).                              2. J. SCOTT DUCHARME                                            FOUR BROTHERS, INCORPORATED                                  P.O. BOX 1631                                                BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA 74005                              3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA      AND THE OSAGE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL REGULATION BY    FAILING TO PLUG INJECTION WELLS WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER        CESSATION OF INJECTION OPERATIONS AND OPERATING THE WELLS    IN A MANNER THAT COULD ALLOW CONTAMINANTS TO FLOW INTO       UNDERGROUND SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER.                    4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA,       EPA ISSUES A FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ORDERING THE RE-     SPONDENT TO PLUG THE WELLS ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS ON OR    BEFORE THE  DATE PLUG DUE , OR TO CONVERT ANY OF THE         WELLS TO PRODUCTION USE UPON APPROVAL BY THE CHIEF OF THE    UIC SECTION. THE COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE MAY BE AMENDED WITH     THE APPROVAL BY THE CHIEF OF THE UIC SECTION.             5. LIST OF WELL AND PLUGGING SCHEDULE                                WELL                DATE PLUG DUE                       WELL NO. W-16          MAR. 31, 1996                         WELL NO. W-17          MAR. 31, 1996                         WELL NO. W-18          MAR. 31, 1996                         WELL NO. W-21          MAR. 31, 1

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