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WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 37136

$5K
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1997-0306
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(I). 2. WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION 900 COLUMBIA COUNTY ROAD MAGNOLIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, ARKANSAS 71753 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING APPROXIMATELY 15 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS COLUMBIA COUNTY FACILITY INTO OR UPON LITTLE CORNEY BAYOU AND ADJOINING SHORELINES THAT CAUSED A FILM OR A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE WATER OR ADJOINING SHORELINES AND/OR A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $5,070. 5. SIC CODE IS 1311.

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