# WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37136`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0306
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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