# BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41588`
- **Case Number:** 06-2001-4509
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY             LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 6709, BNSF TEXAS DIVISION                    ON STORAGE TRACK ADJACENT TO MILEPOST 708.5                  IRVING, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75014                        3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE      CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 71 BARRELS OF OIL       FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON ROCHELLE CREEK AND ADJOIN-    ING SHORELINES.                                           4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE     CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF          $4,500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

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