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MERIT ENERGY COMPANY, A TEXAS COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 41122

$500
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2001-0220
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. MERIT ENERGY COMPANY W. C. MCGLOTHLIN LEASE, RRC 1003 4 FIBERGLASS CRUDE OIL AND SALT WATER FLOW LINE PITTSBURGH, CAMP COUNTY, TEXAS 75686 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 5 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON NORTH LILY CREEK AND AD- JOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

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