# AJ&K OPERATING CO., INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37430`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0602
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AJ&K OPERATING CO., INC. (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), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL    POLLUTION ACT OF 1990.                                    2. AJ&K OPERATING CO., INC.                                     124 OUACHITA 513                                             SMACKOVER, UNION COUNTY, ARKANSAS 71762                      FACILITIES: MACFARLANE MCDONALD LEASE, OUACHITA COUNTY,                  ARKANSAS.                                                    GILLER A5 LEASE, UNION COUNTY, ARKANSAS.                     BERG A&B ARNOLD  A  LEASE, OUACHITA COUNTY,                  ARKANSAS.                                     3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(J) OF THE CWA     BY FAILING TO IMPEMENT A SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND        COUNTERMEASURES (SPCC) PLAN FOR THE MACFARLANE, GILLER,      AND BERG FACILITIES, AND SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY     AN UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF OIL      FROM THE BERG FACILITY INTO AN UNNAMED STREAM AND ADJOIN-    ING SHORELINES IN OUACHITA COUNTY, ARKANSAS.              4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE     CWA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $6,300 FOR COUNT 1,     $4,200 FOR COUNT 2, $4,200 FOR COUNT 3, AND $10,000 FOR      COUNT 4, FOR A PROPOSED TOTAL OF $24,700.

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