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OMIMEX PETROLEUM, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 38225

$850
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1998-0533
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

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. OMIMEX PETROLEUM, INC. FACILITY: PICKERING AND ROOS LEASE, PLACEDO FIELD, RRC LEASE ID NO. 05438 U.S. HIGHWAY 87 PLACEDO, VICTORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 77977 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY (1) WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND A RECORD OF INSPECTIONS ARE NOT SIGNED BY FACILITY SUPERVISOR, (2) WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND A RECORD OF INSPECTIONS ARE NOT MADE PART OF THE PLAN, (3) WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND A RECORD OF INSPECTIONS ARE NOT MAINTAINED FOR THREE YEARS, (4) ACCUMULATED OIL IN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM(S) IS NOT PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO STORAGE OR PROPERLY DISPOSED OF IN AC- CORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS, AND (5) DRAINAGE FROM NON- DIKED AREAS DOES NOT FLOW TO A CATCHMENT BASIN OR HOLDING POND. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $850 AND ISSUED AN ORDER REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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