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SMITH & SMITH PETROLEUM COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 41081

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Case

Case Number
06-2001-0179
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 PO BOX 545 HOMINY, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74035 WELL NO. 1-A, OS2434, NE/4, SEC. 5, T22 N, R12 E, SKIATOOK FIELD, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY: 1) MAINTAINING AN INJECTION WELL IN A MANNER THAT COULD ALLOW FLUID MOVEMENT INTO UNDERGROUND SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER; AND 2) FAILURE TO PLUG AND ABANDON WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER TERMINATION OF INJECTION OPERATIONS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) PLUG THE WELL ACCORD- ING TO REGULATIONS OR PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE PLAN FOR FU- TURE USE TO EPA WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AO.

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