# MARATHON OIL COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36557`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0258
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $18K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MARATHON OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(G)(2)(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33      U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G)(2)(A).                             2. MARATHON OIL COMPANY                                         P.O. BOX 53266                                               LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70505-3266                              FACILITIES:  PLATFORMS LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO      3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA     BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS      PLATFORMS INTO THE THE GULF OF MEXICO THAT EXCEEDED THE      EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT.                            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G)(2)(A) OF THE        CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $25,000.

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