# GENESIS PIPELINE TEXAS, L.P. - 8  CRUDE OIL PIPELINE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41596`
- **Case Number:** 06-2001-4517
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GENESIS PIPELINE TEXAS, L.P. (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. GENESIS PIPELINE TEXAS, L.P. - 8  CRUDE OIL PIPELINE         1/2 MILE WEST OF FM 2175, NORTHOF THE CITY                   MARKHAM, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS 77456                    3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 31(B)(3) OF THE       CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 45 BARRELS OF OIL       FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON SEVERAL UNNAMED DRAINAGE      DITCHES LEADING INTO THE COLORADO RIVER AND ADJOINING        SHORELINES.                                               4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE     CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF          $4,000 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

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