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ESTES OPERATING COMPANY, INC. - CHARLES FISHER LEASE

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 40571

$550
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2000-0956
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. ESTES OPERATING COMPANY, INC. - CHARLES FISHER LEASE LIBERTY, LIBERTY COUNTY, TEXAS 77575 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(J) OF THE CWA BY: 1) NO EVIDENCE OF THREE YEAR REVIEW OF PLAN BY OWNER/ OPERATOR; 2) WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND A RECORD OF INSPECT- IONS ARE NOT SIGNED BY FACILITY OPERATOR; 3) WRITTEN PRO- CEDURES AND A RECORD OF INSPECTIONS ARE NOT MADE PART OF THE PLAN; 4) WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND A RECORD OF INSPECT- IONS ARE NOT MAINTAINED FOR THREE YEARS; 5) NO TRAINING ON THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT DISCHARGES; 6) NO TRAINING ON THE APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS; 7) SPILL PREVENTION BRIEFINGS ARE NOT SCHEDULED AND CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY; AND 8) 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. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $550 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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