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SMITH & SMITH PETROLEUM COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 40935

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Case

Case Number
06-2001-0032
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C). 2. SMITH & SMITH PETROLEUM COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY P.O. BOX 545 HOMINY, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74035 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY: 1) MAINTAIN AN INJECTION WELL IN A MANNER THAT COULD ALLOW FLUID MOVEMENT INTO UNDERGROUND SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER; AND 2) FAILURE TO PLUG AND ABANDON A WELL WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER TERMINATION OF INJECTION OPERATIONS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT A PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE RESPONDENT TO: A) PLUG THE WELL ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS OR PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE PLAN FOR FUTURE USE TO EPA WITHIN 30 DAYS.

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