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GKM OIL AND GAS, INC. - GREG SPARKS

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 40903

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Cost recovery
$3K
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Case

Case Number
06-2000-1291
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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. GKM OIL AND GAS, INC. - GREG SPARKS FACILITY: WELL NO. 3, OS1455, NE/4, SEC. 6, T21 N, R9 E OSAGE, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74054 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY 1) FAILING TO PLUG THE CLASS II INJECTION WELL WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER INJECTION WAS TERMINATED; AND 2) FAILING TO SUBMIT REQUIRED ANNUAL OPERATION REPORTS FOR THE CLASS II WELL TO EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE RESPONDENT TO: A) PLUG THE WELL ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS; AND 2) SUBMIT ANNUAL OPERATION REPORTS FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1998 AND 1999 AS REQUIRED.

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