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RM OIL AND GAS COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 36983

Penalty
Cost recovery
$5K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1997-0152
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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. ROBERT MCKEE RM OIL AND GAS COMPANY P.O. BOX 501 PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA 74056 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY MAINTAINING AN INJECTION WELL 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 PROPOSE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE- SPONDENT, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AO, TO DEMONSTRATE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE WELL, AND PLUG THE WELL ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS OR CONVERT TO OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION.

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