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MCCANN RESOURCES, INC., A KANSAS COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 39226

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Cost recovery
$25
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0560
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Self-disclosure
N

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Summary

1. SECTIONS 308 AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1318 AND 1319(A). 2. MCCANN RESOURCES, INC., A KANSAS COMPANY MARK MCCAN 120 NORTH SHERMAN SEDAN, KANSAS 67361 FACILITY: NE/4, SEC. 20, T28 N, R10 E, OSAGE COUNTY, OK. 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS WITH PRODUCED WATERS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT A NPDES PERMIT ON OR ABOUT OCT. 5, 1998. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 308 AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO). THE AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) WITHIN 60 DAYS A) ENLARGE THE DIKE SURROUNDING THE SALT WATER (BRINE) HOLDING TANK TO INCREASE THE FREEBOARD AND STORAGE CAPA- CITY OF THE EARTHEN PIT, B) INSTALL AN AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVITATED SUMP PUMP TO REMOVE ANY BRINE/RAINWATER AC- CUMULATIONS FROM THE EARTHEN PIT TO THE SALT WATER TANK, C) APPLY A QUANTITY OF GYPSUM SUFFICIENT TO NEUTRALIZE SALTS ON AFFECTED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE SALT WATER TANK(S), AND D) SOW APPROPRIATE FERTILIZER AND GRASS SEED OT OBTAIN A MINIMUM OF 75% COVER ON APPROPRIATE AREAS ON THE LEASE; AND B) IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL UNPERMITTED DIS- CHARGES OF POLLUTANTS.

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