# COLUMBIA OIL COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37449`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0621
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COLUMBIA OIL COMPANY (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 ( OPA ).                                    2. COLUMBIA OIL COMPANY                                         15221 HIGHWAY 98                                             MAGNOLIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, ARKANSAS 71753                    FACILITY: J. .M. TALLEY NO. 1, SWD, PERMIT NO. 2553-WR-2,              COLUMBIA COUNTY, ARKANSAS                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(J) OF THE CWA     BY FAILING TO IMPLEMENT A SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND       COUNTERMEASURES (SPCC) PLAN FOR THE TALLEY FACILITY, AND     SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF    AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF OIL FROM THE TALLEY FACILITY INTO     AN UNNAMED MARSH IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, ARKANSAS.            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE     CWA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $4,200 FOR COUNT 1      AND $10,000 FOR COUNT 2, FOR A PROPOSED TOTAL OF $14,200.

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