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EQUITY DRILLING COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Withdrawn by Region/State · 36377

Penalty
Cost recovery
$3K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1996-0073
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Withdrawn by Region/State
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C). 2. EQUITY DRILLING COMPANY STEVE EMERT P.O. BOX 40 DEWEY, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74029 3. THE RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECTIONS 147.2090 AND 147.2912(A)(2) BY MAINTAINING AN INJECTION WELL WITHOPUT MECHANICAL INTEGRITY AND IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECTIONS 147.2909 AND 147.2911 BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA HAS PROPOSED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER THAT WOULD ORDER THE RESPONDENT TO COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER: 1. CIRCULATE CEMENT BEHIND THE OUTERMOST CASINGS FROM 280 FEET SUBSURFACR TO GROUND LEVEL, 2. PLUG THE WELL ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS, OR 3. CONVERT THE WELL TO PRODUCTION. 4. FACILITY: OS4798 WELL NO. 7 SW/4, SEC. 36, T 25N, R 11E

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