# BUCK CREEK ASSOCIATES
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37164`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0334
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $15K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BUCK CREEK ASSOCIATES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ),     42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C).                              2. BUCK CREEK ASSOCIATES                                        P.O. BOX 215                                                 OCHELATA, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74051                  FACILITIES: OCHELATA FIELD, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA             1. OS3944 WELL NO. 3W,  NW/4, SEC. 15, T25N, R12E            2. OS2323 WELL NO. 2-W, NW/4, SEC. 15, T25N, R12E            3. OS2327 WELL NO. 1-W, SE/4, SEC. 16, T25N, R12E            4. OS2334 WELL NO. W-8, SE/4, SEC. 21, T25N, R12E            5. OS2330 WELL NO. W-3, NE/4, SEC. 21, T25N, R12E       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA      BY MAINTAINING CLASS II INJECTION WELLS WITHOUT MECHANI-     CAL INTEGRITY AND FAILING TO COMPLY WITH WELL CONSTRUCT-     ION REQUIREMENTS.                                         4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA,       EPA ISSUED A PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING     THE RESPONDENT TO PLUG THE WELLS ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS    AND ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE SHOWN:                         1. WELL NO. 2-W, PLUGGED BY AUG. 1, 1997                     2. WELL NO. 1-W, PLUGGED BY OCT. 1, 1997                     3. WELL NO. W-8, PLUGGED BY DEC. 1, 1997                     4. WELL NO. W-3, PLUGGED BY FEB. 1, 1998                     5. WELL NO. 3W, PLUGGED BY APR. 1, 1998                      THE AO BECOMES EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS 

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