# OMIMEX PETROLEUM, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38225`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0533
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $850
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OMIMEX PETROLEUM, 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. 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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