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DISCOVERY ENERGY, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 38165

$330
Penalty
Cost recovery
$25
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1998-0473
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C). 2. DISCOVERY ENERGY, INC. 951 WEST MAIN STREET, SUITE 300 JENKS, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74037 FACILITY: WELL NO. 12, OS5728, NW/4, SEC. 1, T25 N, R11 E WOOLAROC FIELD, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING A CLASS II INJECTION WELL WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A NEW UIC PROGRAM PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED A PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) WITH AD- MINISTRATIVE CIVIL PENALTY ORDERING THE RESPONDENT TO PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF $4,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EF- FECTIVE DATE OF THE AO, AND TO CEASE USE OF THE WELL FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION OF FLUIDS, DISCONNECT ALL INJECTION PIPELINES LEADING TO THE WELL, AND REMOVE SUCH PIPELINES FROM THE WELL SITE NO LATER THAN ONE DAY AFTER THE EF- FECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER. THE ORDER BECOMES EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE.

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